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Item Letters File (AIRF Archive - Folder 15)(AIRF, 1974) Northern Railwaymen's Union; Western Railway Employees Union; All India Guards Council; South Eastern Railway Accounts Sub-head Association; Embassy of Japan; Central Railway O.H.E. Staff Association; Mukherjee, SamarCorrespondence between railways trade unions shows discussions regarding proposal for strike; tensions among constituents -- notably with loco running staff association; concern about repressive methods by railway management and support for the six-point demands of the NCCRS for railwaymen and support for strike if demands are not accepted; to incorporate Bharatiya Rail Vidyut Karamchari Sangh in the national coordination committee (NCC) ; A handwritten letter indicating that strike notice has been served; A Letter from the Japanese Embassy in Delhi seeking information on the railway strike; A letter from a member of Parliament to the Railway minister regarding the railways withholding subsistence allowance of suspended workers ....Item Minutes of March 1974 meeting and formation of a Regional Joint Action Committee of Railwaymen in Ratlam Division(AIRF, 1974) Western Railway Employees Unions, RatlamMinutes of the first meeting (of 13 March 1974) that lead to the formation of joint action committee for railway trade unionists in the Ratlam division and named as 'Rashtriya Rail Mazdoor Samanvaya Samiti' to plan and prepare for the April 1974 railway strike decided at the national level by Railwaymen's organisations. Minutes mention preparation of a list of all category wide unions in the railways affiliated to AIRF and to invite them. Names of official elected to the committee are givenItem New Year Greeting Card 1975(AIRF, 1974) Food Corporation of India Employees Association West ZoneNew Year Greeting card for 1975 addressed to George Fernandes listing workers wishes/demands. Has a Christmas tree drawing with wishes for pay rise etc. dangling from the tree.