acronyms.tex

%%%% List of Acronyms and abbreviations %%%%

\newacronym{afl}{AFL}{American Federation of Labor}
\newacronym{aflcio}{AFL-CIO}{American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations}
\newacronym{anga}{ANGA}{America's Natural Gas Alliance}
\newacronym{btc}{BTC}{Building Trades Council}
\newacronym{cba}{CBA}{Collective Bargaining Agreement}
\newacronym{cio}{CIO}{Congress of Industrial Organizations}
\newacronym{csb}{CSB}{U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board}
\newacronym[
    description={Community Workforce Agreement (also called Project Labor Agreement [PLA])}
]{cwa}{CWA}{Community Workforce Agreement}
\newacronym{dapl}{DAPL}{Dakota Access Pipeline}
\newacronym{efca}{EFCA}{Employee Free Choice Act}
\newacronym{iam}{IAM}{International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers}
\newacronym{ibew}{IBEW}{International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers}
\newacronym{ilgwu}{ILGWU}{International Ladies Garment Workers Union}
\newacronym{ilwu}{ILWU}{International Longshore and Warehouse Union}
\newacronym{iupat}{IUPAT}{International Union of Painters and Allied Trades}
\newacronym{iww}{IWW}{Industrial Workers of the World}
\newacronym{jatc}{JATC}{Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee}
\newacronym{lcca}{LCCA}{Labor Coalition for Community Action}
\newacronym{lcsp}{LCSP}{Labor Campaign for Single Payer}
\newacronym{liuna}{LIUNA}{Laborers' International Union of North America}
\newacronym{lmrda}{LMRDA}{Landrum-Griffin Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act}
\newacronym{nabtu}{NABTU}{North America's Building Trades Unions}
\newacronym{nepa}{NEPA}{National Environmental Policy Act}
\newacronym{nlra}{NLRA}{National Labor Relations Act}
\newacronym{nlrb}{NLRB}{National Labor Relations Board}
\newacronym{ocaw}{OCAW}{Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union}
\newacronym{opcima}{OPCIMA}{Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association}
\newacronym{oshact}{OSH Act}{Occupational Safety and Health Act}
\newacronym{owiu}{OWIU}{Oil Workers International Union}
\newacronym{pace}{PACE}{Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical, and Energy Workers International Union}
\newacronym[
    description={Project Labor Agreement (also called Community Workforce Agreement [CWA])}
]{pla}{PLA}{Project Labor Agreement}
\newacronym{proact}{PRO Act}{Protecting the Right to Organize Act}
\newacronym{rwdsu}{RWDSU}{Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union}
\newacronym{seiu}{SEIU}{Service Employees International Union}
\newacronym[
	description={United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry}]
	{ua}{UA}{United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters}
\newacronym{uaw}{UAW}{United Auto Workers}
\newacronym{ufcw}{UFCW}{United Food and Commercial Workers}
\newacronym{ugccwa}{UGCCWA}{United Gas, Coke, and Chemical Workers of America}
\newacronym{umwa}{UMWA}{United Mine Workers of America}
\newacronym{upiu}{UPIU}{United Paperworkers' International Union}
\newacronym[
	description={United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union}
]{usw}{USW}{United Steelworkers}