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
- IBB
- International Brotherhood of Blacksmith & Boilers
- 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
- MOW
- Maintenance of Way
- 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
- 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
- USAOA
- United States Aircrew Officers Association
- 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