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, Russia, (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 execu- tives 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). © The Author(s) 2015 197 M. Euwema et al. (eds.), Promoting Social Dialogue in European Organizations, Industrial Relations & Conflict Management 1, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-08605-7 198 Abbreviation List 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’ (Indepen- dent 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). Abbreviation List 199 SD: Social dialogue. SER: Sociaal-Economische Raad (Social and economic council, Nether- lands) 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)..