Fact Finding Mission of the ITF May 1974 General Strike (File No. AIRF/160-B Part-IV-a)
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Item Frequent Strikes by Locomen: Some Questions and Their Answers(AIRF, 1974) Ministry of Railways, Govt. of IndiaBooklet released by the Railway Board, Ministry of Railways [Govt of India] in a Question and Answer format expressing the point of view of the administration of the Indian Railways faced with frequent agitations and industrial action.Item Rashtra Ki Prandhara Ki Raksha Karen (राष्ट्र की प्रंधारा की रक्षा करें)(AIRF, 1974) Rail Mantralaya [Ministry of Railways, Govt. of India]This 10 page Hindi booklet is a rejoinder to the Loco Running Staff Association by the then Minister of Railways Lalit Narain Mishra. The booklet lists all assurances made to fulfil demands of the railwaymen following their three strikes in 1973. The demands concerned re-employment of staff who lost jobs, drop legal action, accept a 10-hour work schedule and so on. The booklet refers to the Qureshi committee set up following the strike by loco running staff to look into the implementation of the demands.Item Letters from Unions in the aftermath of 1974 Railway Strike(AIRF, 1974) Eastern Railwaymens Union; National Railway Mazdoor Union; Northern Railwaymens Union; All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF)Multiple letters written in the post-strike situation of the 1974 Railway strike, pertaining to the ITF and ILO Fact-Finding mission based on the complaint filed by AIRF. The letters provide an account of strike breaking of the 1974 railway strike and repression by police, CISF and by the administration at workers residential colonies and of arrests of workers etc.. Role played by Govt and railway administration authorities are listed. Letters list locations and numbers of Railway staff who lost jobs and progress of their reinstatement etc.Item Assurances Fulfilled in Letter and Spirit: An Account of implementation of Assurances to Loco Running Staff(AIRF, 1974) Ministry of Railways, Govt. of IndiaThis 11-page booklet is a rejoinder to the Loco Running Staff Association by the then Minister of Railways Lalit Narain Mishra. The booklet lists all assurances made to fulfil demands of the railwaymen following their three strikes in 1973. The demands concerned re-employment of staff who lost jobs, drop legal action, accept a 10-hour work schedule and so on. The booklet refers to the Qureshi committee set up following the strike by loco running staff to look into the implementation of the demands.