piecard

English

Etymology

Noun

piecard (plural piecards)

  1. (slang, derogatory) A union official who is on the side of the boss rather than that of the workers.
    • 1989, Milt Felsen, The Anti-Warrior: A Memoir (page 133)
      "Piecards!" said Jackie. "They've become sell-out, fuckin' piecards. Corrupt bureaucrats."
    • 1999, Mike Davis, Prisoners of the American Dream (page 267)
      Although crusty old piecards knew that Kirkland (whom A.H. Raskin apotheosized as 'a leader of supreme intelligence') was really an emperor without clothes, a discreet, bureaucratic silence froze the doubts and suspicions […]

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