About the NMB
- Chairman's Letter
- Mission Statement
- NMB Structure
- Board Members & Directors
- Registry of Board Members
| 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 | 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 | AirTran 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) |
| BCW | Brotherhood of Communication Workers |
| 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 Sante 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 |
| CIO | Chief Information Officer |
| CLE | Continuing Legal Education |
| CMI | Continental Micronesia |
| COOP | Continuity of Operations Plan |
| COS | Chief of Staff |
| CP | Canadian Pacific |
| SCRU | 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 |
| EO | Executive Order |
| F-case | An ADR designation for Facilitation cases (F and F-ODR) |
| F&O | Firemen & Oilers |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Association |
| 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 |
| 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 Trainmen’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 |
| PLB | Public Law Board |
| POA&M | Plans of Action and Milestones |
| sPRLBC | 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 |
| WDI | Withdrawn During Investigation |
| YDM | Yardmasters |