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AAA |
American Arbitration Association |
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AAAA |
Associated Actors and Artists of America |
| AARP | American Association of Retired Persons |
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AAFUM |
Asian American Federation of Union Members |
| ACLU | American Civil Liberties Union |
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ACTWU |
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union |
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AEA |
Actor's Equity Association |
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AFA |
Association of Flight Attendants |
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AFGE |
American Federation of Government Employees |
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AFGM |
American Federation of Grain Millers (Merged 1/99 with BCTGM) |
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AFGWU |
American Federation of Glass Workers Union |
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AFL-CIO |
American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations |
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AFM |
American Federation of Musicians |
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AFSA |
American Federation of School Administrators |
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ASCME |
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees |
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AFT |
American Federation of Teachers |
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AFTRA |
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists |
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AGMA |
American Guild of Musical Artists |
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AGVA |
American Guild of Variety Artists |
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ALC |
Airport Labor Coalition |
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ALPA |
Airline Pilots Association |
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ALRB |
Agricultural Labor Relations Board |
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APALA |
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance |
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APRI |
A. Philip Randolph Institute |
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APWU |
American Postal Workers Union |
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ARA |
American Radio Association |
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ATDA |
American Train Dispatchers Association |
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ATU |
Amalgamated Transit Union |
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AWIU |
International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers |
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BA |
Business Agent |
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BAC |
International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen |
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BCTGM |
International Union of Bakery Confectionery, Tobacco Worker, and Grain Millers |
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BLE |
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers |
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BMWE |
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees |
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BRS |
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen |
| CBA | Collective bargaining agreement |
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CBTU |
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists |
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CFT |
California Federation of Teachers |
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CLC |
Canadian Labour Congress |
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CLC |
Central Labor Council |
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CLUW |
Coalition of Labor Union Women |
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COPE |
Committee on Political Education |
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CWA |
Communications Workers of America |
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DFR |
Duty of Fair Representation |
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EEOC |
Equal Employment Opportunities Commission |
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ERISA |
Employee Retirement Income Security Act |
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FEIA |
Flight Engineers' International Association |
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FMCS |
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service |
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FORUM |
Federation of Retired Union Members |
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FPA |
Federation of Professional Athletes |
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GCIU |
Graphic Communications International Union |
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GMP |
Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union |
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HERE |
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union |
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IAFF |
International Association of Firefighters |
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IAM |
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers |
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IATSE |
International Association of Theatrical and Stage Employees and Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada |
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IBB |
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmith, Forgers and Helpers |
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IBEW |
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers |
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IBFO |
International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades of the United States and Canada |
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IBT |
International Brotherhood of Teamsters |
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ICWU |
International Chemical Workers Union |
| IDP | Iowa Democratic Party |
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IFFA |
International Flight Attendants Association |
| IFL | Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO |
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IFPTE |
International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers |
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ILA |
International Longshoremen's Association AFL-CIO |
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ILGWU |
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union |
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ILNPW |
International Union of Allied Novelty and Production Workers |
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ILO |
International Labor Organization (United Nations) |
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ILWU |
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union |
| IOSH | Iowa Occupational Safety and Health |
| INA | Iowa Nurses Association |
| ISEA | Iowa State Education Association |
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ITU |
International Typographical Union |
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IUE |
International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers |
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IUEC |
International Union of Elevator Constructors |
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IUJH |
International Union of Journeymen Horseshoer of United States and Canada |
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IUOE |
International Union of Operating Engineers |
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IUPA |
International Union of Police Associations |
| IWD | Iowa Workforce Development |
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IWW |
Industrial Workers of the World |
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Iron Workers |
International Association of Bridge, Structural, and Ornamental Iron Workers |
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LCLAA |
Labor Coalition for Latin American Advancement |
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LDC |
Laundry and Dry Cleaning International Union, AFL-CIO |
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LIUNA |
Laborers International Union of North America |
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LMRA |
Labor Management Relations Act (Wagner/Taft-Hartley or NLRA) |
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LMRDA |
Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (Landrum-Griffin Act) |
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MEBA |
Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association |
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NALC |
National Association of Letter Carriers |
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NATCA |
Air Traffic Controllers Association, National |
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NHHSE |
National Health and Human Services Employees Union (Affiliated with SEIU) |
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NLRA |
National Labor Relations Act |
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NLRB |
National Labor Relations Board |
| NOW | National Organization of Women |
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OCAW |
Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers |
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OP&CMIA |
Operative Plasterer's and Cement Masons' International Association of the United States and Canada |
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OPEIU |
Office of Professional Employees International Union |
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OSHA |
Occupational Health and Safety Act |
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PACE |
Paperworkers, Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union |
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PAW |
Pride at Work |
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PDSE |
International Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers Union of North America |
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PERB |
Public Employee Relations Board |
| PLA | Project Labor Agreement |
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RLA |
Railway Labor Act |
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RWAW |
United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers |
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RWDSU |
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union |
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SEIU |
Service Employees Union |
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SIU |
Seafarers International Union |
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SMWIA |
Sheet Metal Workers International Association |
| SOL | Shit out of Luck |
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SUP |
Sailors Union of the Pacific |
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TCU |
Transportation Communications International Union |
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TNG |
The Newspaper Guild |
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TWU |
Transport Workers Union of America |
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UAW |
United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union |
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UBC |
United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America |
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UE |
Union of Electrical Workers |
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UFCW |
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union |
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UFW |
United Farmworkers of America |
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UMWA |
United Mine Workers of America |
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UNITE |
Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees |
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UPIU |
United Paperworkers International Union (Merged, see PACE) |
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USW |
United Steelworkers |
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UTU |
United Transportation Union |
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UTWA |
United Textile Workers of America |
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UWUA |
Utility Workers Union of America |
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WGAE |
Writers Guild of America |
| WMD | Workers Memorial Day |