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Glossary of abbreviations and terms


ABP: Associated British Ports
AESD: Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen
AEU: Amalgamated Engineering Union
ASLEF: Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
ASRS: Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants
BANS: Bond van Ambtenaren in Dienst der Nederlandsche Spoorwegen
BR: British Railways
BRB: British Railways Board
BREL: British Rail Engineering Ltd
BRS: British Road Services
BSP: British Socialist Party
BTC: British Transport Commission
BWSA: British Workers' Sports Association
BWSF: British Workers' Sports Federation
CC: County Council
CIE: Córas Iompair Éireann
CLP: Constituency Labour Party
CP: Communist Party of Great Britain
CSEU: Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions
CTU: Congress of Trade Unions
CWS: Co-operative Welfare Society
EC: Executive Committee
EETPU: Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union
ETU: Electrical Trades Union
FGFE: Fédération Générale des Fonctionnaires et Employés
GLC: Greater London Council
GRWU: General Railway Workers' Union
GWR: Great Western Railway
ICFTU: International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
IFTU: International Federation of Trade Unions
ILP: Independent Labour Party
IRA: Irish Republican Army
ISTC: Iron and Steel Trades Confederation
ITF: International Transport Workers' Federation
ITGWU: Irish Transport and General Workers' Union
L&Y: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
LBL: London Buses Ltd
LDC: Local Departmental Committee
LMS: London, Midland and Scottish Railway
LNER: London and North Eastern Railway
LP & TUC: Labour Party & Trades Union Congress
LRC: Labour Representation Committee
LRD: Labour Research Department
LRT: London Regional Transport
LT: London Transport
LTE: London Transport Executive
LUL: London Underground Ltd
MFGB: Miners' Federation of Great Britain
NAGRC: National Association of General Railway Clerks
NALGO: National and Local Government Officers' Association
NCL: National Carriers Limited
NCLC: National Council of Labour Colleges
NEC: National Executive Committee
NER: North Eastern Railway
NFC: National Freight Corporation
NFPW: National Federation of Professional Workers
NUC: National Union of Clerks
NUGMW: National Union of General and Municipal Workers
NUM: National Union of Mineworkers
NUMAST: National Union of Marine, Aviation and Shipping Transport Officers
NUR: National Union of Railwaymen
NURC: National Union of Railway Clerks
NUS: National Union of Seamen
NUT: National Union of Teachers
OMS: Organisation for the Maintenance of Supplies
OUM: One Union Movement
P&GP: Political and General Purposes Sub-Committee
P&T: Professional and Technical
PPS: Parliamentary Private Secretary
RCA: Railway Clerks' Association
RE: Railway Executive
REC: Railway Executive Committee
RMT: National Union of Railway, Maritime and Transport Workers
RSNT: Railway Staff National Tribunal
RTCA: Railway Telegraph Clerks' Association
SDP: Social Democratic Party
SM&A: Stationmasters and Agents
SOC: Standing Orders Committee
TC: Teachta Ceantair (Town Councillor)
TD: Teachta Dála (Member of Dáil Éireann)
TGWU: Transport and General Workers' Union
TSSA: Transport Salaried Staffs' Association
TSSJ: Transport Salaried Staff Journal
TUC: Trades Union Congress
UDC: Urban District Council
UPSS: United Pointsmen's and Signalmen's Society
UTA: Ulster Transport Authority
WEA: Workers' Educational Association
WEATUC: Workers' Educational Association Trade Union Committee
WFTU: World Federation of Trade Unions
YCL: Young Communist League