Abbreviation List
ACAS:
Advisory, conciliation and arbitration service.
ALMP:
Active labor market policy.
BE:Belgium.
BRIC Grouping acronym that refers to the countries of Brazil, R
­ ussia,
(Countries): India and China.
CBOS:
Centrum Badania Opinii Spolecznej (Center for public opinion
research in Poland).
CCNL:Contratto collettivo nazionale di lavoro (Collective national labour
­contract).
CCOO:
Comisiones obreras (Workers’ commission in Spain).
CD:
Christian democrats.
CEO:
Chiel executive officer.
CES:Consejo económico social (Economic and Social Council in Spain).
CFTC:Confédération Française des travailleurs Chrétiens (Confereation of
­Christian workers in France).
CISL:Confederazione Italiana sindacati dei lavoratori (Confederation of
­workers’ trade unions in Italy).
CFDT:Confédération Française démocratique du travail (Democratique
confederation of labour in France).
CGC:Confédération générale des cadres (General confederation of executives in France).
CGIL:
Italian general confederation of Workers.
CGT:Confédération générale du travail (General confederation of labour
in France).
CGTP:Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores Portugueses (General
­Confederation of the Portuguese Workers, Portugal)
CLA:
Collective labor agreement.
CNV:Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond (Christian trade union federation
in the Netherlands).
CPMCL:Centro Promotor do Melhoramento da Classe Laboriosa (Center in
Portugal for the promotion of the labor class conditions).
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CRZZ:Centralna Rada Związków Zawodowych (Central council of trade
unions in ­Poland).
CSR:
Corporate social responsibility.
DE:Deutschland.
DK:Denmark.
EC:
European Commission.
EE:Estonia.
EGR:
Elemento di garanzia retributive (wage guarantee element).
ER:
Employee representative.
ESM:
European stability mechanism.
ES:España.
ETUI:
European trade unions’ institute.
EU:
European Union.
EWC:
European works councils.
FARCB:Framework agreement for the reform of the collective bargaining
­system.
FIOM:
Italian metal workers’ federation.
FR:France.
FTE:
Full time employee.
FZZ:
Forum związków zawodowych (Trade unions’ forum in Poland).
GDP:
Gross domestic product.
HRM:
Human resources management.
HR:
Human resources.
ICE:
Information and consultation of employees.
ILO:
International labour organization.
IPA:
Inter-professional agreement.
IR:
Industrial relations.
IT:Italy.
MD:
Modell Deutschland.
MNCs:
Multinational companies.
NEIRE: New European industrial relations in Europe.
NL:Netherlands.
NSZZ:Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy ‘Solidarność’ (Independent self-governing trade union "Solidarity" in Poland).
OECD:
Organization for economic co-operation and development.
OHS:
Occupational health and safety.
OPZZ:Ogólnopolskie Porozumienie Związków Zawodowych (All-Poland
­alliance of trade unions).
PCI:
Italian communist party.
PL:Poland.
PSI:
Italian socialist party.
PT:Portugal.
PZPR:
Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza (Polish united workers’ party).
RSA:
Rapprese sindacale aziendale (Coagulated company union, in Italy).
RSU:Rappresentanza sindacale unitaria (Representation of trade union unity
in Italy).
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SD:
Social dialogue.
SER:
Sociaal-Economische Raad (Social and economic council, Netherlands)
SMEs:
Small and mid-sized companies.
TU:
Trade union.
UGT:
Union general de trabajadores (General workers’ union, in Spain).
UGT:
União Geral de Trabalhadores (General workers’ union in Portugal)
UIL:
Unione Italiana del Lavoro (Italian labour union).
UK:
United Kingdom.
WCA:
Works constitution act (Germany, 1952).
WC:
Works council.
WOR:
Wet op de Ondernemingsraden(Law on the works council).
WR:
Worker representative
ZWP:
Związek Wzajemnej Pomocy (Polish associtation of mutual aid).