piecard

English

Etymology

From pie +‎ card, in reference to cards formerly issued by unions that entitled workers to free meals or accommodation.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

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 […]

Anagrams

• epacrid, peracid