The executives attend meetings in exotic locations while the rank and file stays at headquarters doing the bulk of the work.
the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army); "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel"
The rank and file are the ordinary members of an organization or the ordinary workers in a company, as opposed to its leaders or managers. There was widespread support for him among the rank and file. the ordinary members of an organization rather than the leaders
The members of a union (as opposed to the union officers, executive board, and office staff)