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A British shop steward discusses an issue with a foreman during WWII. A union representative, union steward, [1] or shop steward is an employee of an organization or company who represents and defends the interests of their fellow employees as a trades/labour union member and official.
A chief steward's duties may overlap with those of the Steward's Assistant, the Chief Cook, and other Steward's Department crew members. In the United States Merchant Marine, in order to be occupied as a chief steward a person has to have a Merchant Mariner's Document issued by the United States Coast Guard. Because of international conventions ...
An aptronym, aptonym, or euonym is a personal name aptly or peculiarly suited to its owner (e.g. their occupation). [1]Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post coined the word inaptonym as an antonym for "aptonym".
Cover letters are typically categorized according to two purposes: applying for a specific, advertised opening ('letter of application') expressing interest in an organization when the job seeker is uncertain whether there are current openings ('letter of inquiry'). [3] According to studies, a good cover letter should: be specific and up-to-date,
A steward is an official who is appointed by the legal ruling monarch to represent them in a country and who may have a mandate to govern it in their name; in the latter case, it is synonymous with the position of regent, vicegerent, viceroy, king's lieutenant (for Romance languages), governor, or deputy (the Roman rector, praefectus, or vicarius).
Stewardship was originally made up of the tasks of a domestic steward, from stiġ (house, hall) and weard, (ward, guard, guardian, keeper). [11] [12] In the beginning, it referred to the household servant's duties for bringing food and drink to the castle's dining hall. Stewardship responsibilities were eventually expanded to include the ...
For example, the words policeman [3] [4] and stewardess [5] [6] are gender-specific job titles; the corresponding gender-neutral terms are police officer [7] [8] and flight attendant. [9] [10] Other gender-specific terms, such as actor and actress, may be replaced by the originally male term; for example, actor used regardless of gender.
The slogan "An injury to one..." has a long history in the union movement.Initially attributed to the Knights of Labor, the expression took the form "an injury to one is the concern of all."