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Glossary

Glossary

  • ABRO - Army base repair organisation
  • ACAS - Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
  • ACTSA - Action for Southern Africa
  • ADC - Annual delegate conference
  • AGM - Annual general meeting
  • AMO - Association of Magisterial Officers, a union that merged with PCS in 2005
  • APAC - Approved Pensions Awarding Centre
  • APPO - Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca
  • ARMs - Associate and retired members
  • ASA - Asset Recovery Agency
  • AVOV - Association of Valuation Office Valuers
  • BAA - British Airports Authority
  • BASC - British Association of Shooting and conservation
  • BEC - Branch executive committee
  • CCSU - Council of Civil Service Unions
  • CEFAS - Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
  • CICA - Chagos Islands Community Association
  • CMSOA - Culture, media and sport occupational association
  • CPS - Crown Prosecution Service
  • CPSA - Civil and Public Service Association, one of the unions that merged to form PCS in 1998
  • CSA - Child support agency
  • CSAB - Civil service appeals board
  • CSPIBS - Civil Service Pensions Injury Benefits Scheme
  • DARA - Defence Aviation Repair Agency
  • DCLG - Department for Communities and Local Government
  • DCS - Disability and carers service
  • DCSF - Department for Children Schools and Families
  • DfES - Department for Education and Skills, this department has been replaced by the Department for Children Schools and Families and the Department for Innovation Universities and Skills
  • DfT - Department for Transport
  • DfT(C) - Department for Transport (Central)
  • DIUS - Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
  • DSA - Driving Standards Agency
  • DSDA - Defence Storage Distribution Agency
  • DTUS - Departmental trade union side
  • DVLA - Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
  • DVO - Driver, Vehicle and Operator Group
  • DWP - Department for Work and Pensions
  • ECGD - Export Credits Guarantee Department
  • EHRC - Equalities and Human Rights Commission
  • EPSU - European Federation of Public Service Unions
  • ET - Employment tribunal
  • FCO - Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  • FDA - First Division Association
  • FDSCi - Future Defence Supply Chain initiative
  • FO - Force Ouvrière, a French trade union that PCS has links with
  • FTO - Full time officer
  • GAF - General areas forum
  • GCDA - Government Car and Despatch Agency
  • GEC - Group executive committee
  • GEO - Government Equalities Office
  • HA - Highways Agency
  • HEFCW - Higher education funding council for Wales
  • HMRC - Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
  • HSE - Health and Safety Executive
  • IPS - Identity and Passport Service
  • JCP - Jobcentre plus
  • LMHR - Love Music Hate Racism
  • LSC - Learning and Skills Council
  • MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency
  • MDPGA - Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency
  • MGS - Ministry of Defence Guard Service
  • MLA - Member of Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland)
  • MoD - Ministry of Defence
  • MP - Member of parliament
  • MRC - Medical Research Council
  • MSP - Member of the Scottish parliament
  • MSP - member of Scottish Parliament
  • MYVC - Make your vote count campaign
  • NATS - National Air Traffic Services
  • NDPB - Non-departmental public body
  • NEC - National executive committee
  • NUT - National Union of Teachers
  • OFT - Office of Fair Trading
  • ONS - Office for National Statistics
  • PFI - Public finance initiative
  • PINS - Planning Inspectorate
  • PPC - Prospective parliamntary candidate
  • PPP - Public private partnership
  • PRIBS - Policy, research, information and bargaining support department
  • PRP - Performance related pay
  • PSC - Palestine Solidarity Campaign
  • PsG - Public sector group
  • PSI - Public Service International
  • PTC - Public Services, Tax and Commerce Union - one of the unions that amalgamated to PCS in 1998
  • QCA - Qualifications and Curriculum Agency
  • RCPO - Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office
  • RDA - Regional Development Agency
  • RSI - Repetitive strain injury
  • SFTO - Senior full time officer
  • SNO - Senior national officer
  • SOC - Standing orders committee
  • STUC - Scottish Trades Union Congress
  • SULF - Scottish union learning fund
  • TPS - The pension service
  • TRS - The rent service
  • TUC - Trades Union Congress
  • TUPE - Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) Regulations
  • TUS - Trade union side
  • UCU - University and College Union
  • UKHO - United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
  • ULF - Union learning fund
  • ULR - Union learning representative
  • VCA - Vehicle Certification Agency
  • VOA - Valuations Office Agency
  • VOAC - Valuation Office Agency Committee
  • VOSA - Vehicle and Operator Services Agency
  • WAGAF - Wales and general areas forums
  • WRULD - Work related upper limb disorders