Acronyms
AA
American Airlines
ABA
American Bar Association
ABX
Airborne Express
A-CASE
An NMB designation for a Mediation case
ACR
Association for Conflict Resolution
ACRE
Association of Commuter Rail Employees
ADR
Alternative Dispute Resolution
ADRS
Alternative Dispute Resolution Services
AE
American Eagle
AFA
Association of Flight Attendants
AFL-CIO
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
AFR
Air Freight Representatives
AFSCME
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
AIRCON
Airline Industrial Relations Conference
ALI-ABA
American Law Institute-American Bar Association
ALPA
Air Line Pilots Association
AMFA
Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association
AMTRAK
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (NRPC)
AMTTI
Air Tran Maintenance Technical Training Instructors
APA
Allied Pilots Association
APFA
Association of Professional Flight Attendants
ARASA
America Railway and Airway Supervisors Association
ARB
Arbitration
ATDA
American Train Dispatchers Association
ATDD
American Train Dispatchers Department (BLET)
AVG
Average
BCW
Brotherhood of Communication Workers
BHPP
Brotherhood of Hoggers and Pin-Pullers
BLET
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
BMWE
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes [Employees]
BMWED
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division
BNSF
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe
BPD
Bureau of Public Debt
BRC
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
BRS
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
CA
Confidential Assistant
CBA
Collective Bargaining Agreement
CFO
Chief Financial Officer
CGE
Concur Government Edition Travel Services
CIO
Chief Information Officer
CLE
Continuing Legal Education
CMI
Continental Micronesia
COOP
Continuity of Operations Plan
COS
Chief of Staff
CP
Canadian Pacific
CRU
Coalition of Rail Unions
CSR
Customer Service Representative
CSX/CSXT
CSX Transportation, Inc.
CWA
Communication Workers of America
D&H
Delaware and Hudson
DC
District of Columbia
DEN
Denver International Airport
DOT
Department of Transportation
EO
Executive Order
F-CASE
An ADR designation for Facilitation cases
(F and F-ODR)
F&O
Firemen & Oilers
FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA ACT
Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act of 2012
FAR
Federal Acquisition Regulation
FFMIA
Federal Financial Management Improvement Act
FISMA
Federal Information Security Management Act
FMFIA
Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act of 1982
FOIA
Freedom of Information Act
FPS
Facilitative Problem Solving
FUI
Findings Upon Investigation
FY
Fiscal Year
GAAP
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GAO
Government Accountability Office
GC
General Counsel
GLOWS
Accounting System Used by NMB
GM
Grievance Mediation
GM-CASE
An ADR designation for Grievance Mediation cases (GM and GM-ODR)
GPRA
Government Performance and Results Act
GSA
General Services Administration
HELP
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
HERE
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union
IAM
International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
IAMAW
International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
IBEW
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBT
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
IFPTE
International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers
IHB
Indiana Harbor Belt
JD
Juris Doctor (Doctor of Law)
MBCR
Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad
MD
Maryland
MI
Michigan
MPI
Mileage Plus, Inc.
MRL
Montana Rail Link
NA
Not Applicable
NCCC
National Carrier’s Conference Committee
NCFO
National Conference of Firemen and Oilers
NJASAP
NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots
NLRA
National Labor Relations Act
NLRB
National Labor Relations Board
NMB
National Mediation Board
NO&GCTU
New Orleans & Gulf Coast Trainman’s Union
NPRM
Notice of Public Rulemaking
NRAB
National Railroad Adjustment Board
NRLC
National Railway Labor Conference
NRPC
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK)
OA
Office of Administration
OAS
Office of Arbitration Services
ODR
Online Dispute Resolution
OLA
Office of Legal Affairs
OMAS
Office of Mediation and ADR Services
OMB
Office of Management and Budget OP Outreach and Promotion
OP-CASE
An ADR designation for Outreach OP and OP-ODR cases
OPEIU
Office and Professional Employees International Union
OPM
Office of Personnel Management
ORD
Chicago O’Hare Int’l Airport
OVC
Online Video Conferencing
PAR
Pan Am Railways
PATH
Port Authority Trans Hudson
PEB
Presidential Emergency Board
PIN
Personal Identification Number
PLB
Public Law Board
POA&M
Plans of Action and Milestones
PRISM
A BPD Procurment System
PRLBC
Passenger Rail Labor Bargaining Coalition
PSA
PSA Airlines
R-CASE
An NMB designation for a Representation case
RDM
Records and Document Management
RIM
Records and Information Management
RLA
Railway Labor Act
RLBC
Rail Labor Bargaining Coalition
RR
Railroad
SBA
Special Board of Adjustment or System Board of Adjustment
SEIU
Service Employees Int’l Union
SEPTA
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
SFFAC
Statements of Federal Financial Accounting Concepts
SIU
Seafarers International Union of North America
SMART
Merger of SMWIA and UTU
SMWIA
Sheet Metal Workers International Union
SOP
Standard Operating Procedures
SORS
Station Operations Representatives
T-CASE
An ADR designation for Training cases
(T and T-ODR)
TCU/TCIU
Transportation Communications International Union
TEV
Telephone Electronic Voting
TWA
Trans World Airlines
TWU
Transport Workers Union of America
UAL
United Air Lines
UCH
United Continental Holdings
UP
Union Pacific Railroad
USA
United States of America
USA
United Steelworkers of America
USWW
United Service Workers – West (SEIU)
UTU
United Transportation Union
VAPA
Virgin America Pilots Association
VIN
Voter Identification Number
WDI
Withdrawn During Investigation
YDM
Yardmasters