Acronym Full Name of Union AFA-CWA Association of Flight Attendants - Communications Workers of America AFGE American Federation of Government Employees AFM American Federation of Musicians AFSCME American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees AFT American Federation of Teachers AFT/AAUP American Federation of Teachers/American Association of University Professors AGMA American Guild of Musical Artists ALPA Airline Pilots Association APA Allied Pilots Association ATU Amalgamated Transit Union AWIU International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers BAC International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers BBF International Brotherhood of Boilermakers BCTC Building and Construction Trades Council BCTGM Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union BSOIW International Association Of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental & Reinforcing Iron Workers CJA United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America CNA California Nurses Association CWA Communications Workers of America IAFF International Association of Firefighters IAM International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers IATSE International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees IBEW International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers IBEW, IFPTE International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers IBT International Brotherhood of Teamsters ILA International Longshoremen's Association ILWU International Longshore and Warehouse Union INA Illinois Nurses Association IUE-CWA International Union of Electrical Workers - Communications Workers of America IUOE International Union of Operating Engineers IUPAT International Union of Painters and Allied Trades LIND Local Independent Union LIUNA Laborers' International Union of North America MLBPA Major League Baseball Players Association MLSPA Major League Soccer Players Association MNA Massachusetts Nurses Association NABET-CWA National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians - Communications Workers of America NBAPA National Basketball Association Players Association NEA National Education Association NEA/DSEA National Educaiton Association/Delaware State Education Association NEA/FEA National Education Association/Florida Education Association NFLPA National Football League Players Association NFLRA National Football League Referees Association NHLPA National Hockey League Players Association NNU National Nurses United NPW National Production Workers Union NPWU National Production Workers Union NUHW National Union of Healthcare Workers NYSNA New York State Nurses Association ONA Oregon Nurses Association OPCM Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association OPEIU Office and Professional Employees International Union PASNAP Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals PAT Portland Association of Teachers PATCO Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization SAG-AFTRA Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists SEIU Service Employees Interantional Union SIUNA Seafarers International Union Of North America SMART International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers SWAPA Southwest Airlines Pilots Association TNG-CWA The News Guild - Communications Workers of America TWU Transport Workers Union UA United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry UAW International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America UE United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America UFCW United Food and Commercial Workers UGSOA United Government Security Officers of America UIW United Industrial Workers USAW United Service & Allied Workers USPOA United Security and Police Officers of America USW United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union UWUA Utility Workers Union of America WNBPA Women's National Basketball Players' Association