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    Press Release of April 15, 1974
    (AIRF, 1974) National Coordination Committee For Railwaymen's Struggle (NCCRS)
    This press release is a cover letter and seeks coverage of resolutions adopted at the National convention of NCCRS held in Delhi on 15 April 1974
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    Resolution on General Strike at Meeting of the Natioal Coordination Committee of Railwaymen's Struggle on 15 April 1974
    (AIRF, 1974) National Coordination Committee For Railwaymen's Struggle (NCCRS)
    NCCRS resolution on the 1974 Railway Strike explaining the failure of negotiations and the call for strike on the charter of demands adopted earlier at the National convention held on 27 February 1974
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    Mailing List with Addresses of Trade Unions in the Indian Railways
    (AIRF, 1974)
    A list of mailing addresses of 89 trade union organisations of railway workers in India in the 1970s
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    NERMU Correspondence File
    (AIRF, 1974) North East Railway Mazdoor Union (NERMU); National Coordination Committee For Railwaymen's Struggle (NCCRS); Indian Railways Ticket Checking Staff Association; Railway Worker's Coordination Committee
    Contains 8 letters mostly addressed to the NCCRS. They raise organisational issues of forging a common front of railway workers organisations and the need to work out differences, do away with parallel committees of railway workers; reports of committee meetings and minutes of local meetings etc
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    Railways Management Memos for Taking Disciplinary Action and Union Memo
    (AIRF, 1974) North East Frontier Railway; National Coordination Committee For Railwaymen's Struggle (NCCRS)
    Mid 1974 internal memos from railway management taking disciplinary action against specific employees; There is also a memo from an employee seeking to resume work …; there is a memo from the NCCRS the railway workers national coordination to the railway authorities to take appropriate action to meet workers demands.
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    NCCRS Letters file
    (AIRF, 1974) Mishra, J.N.; Bharadwaj, R. C.; Gupta, Priya; Fernandes, George; Krishnan, Parvati; Mukherjee, Samar; Gokhle, G.S.; NCCRS; Ved Mitter Vig
    over a hundred letters by individuals and from trade unions in the Indian Railways in the mid 1970s, many handwritten; some written to members of parliament and the Minister of Railways, to NCCRS and AIRF, and from AIRF dealing with loss of employment, conditions of temporary workers, planning of industrial action and the national convention of Railwaymen, post 1974 railway strike situation, facing disciplinary actions by Railway' management, harassment, transfer of workers, dealing with day to day trade union organisational matters, description and information on organisation of sit-ins, processions, meetings, 'Demands Week', putting up of posters, workers wearing badges; One letter is Marked 'Relief Fund Bulletin' giving details of contributions; letters with excerpts from News reports; another one makes mention of the 'Strike News Bulletin'
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    Resolutions
    (AIRF, 1974) Coordination Committee of Central Government Employees; National Coordination Committee For Railwaymen's Struggle (NCCRS)
    Mid 1974 Resolutions from Coordination Committee Central Govt Employees and the NCCRS. The NCCRS special resolution concerns reinstatement of employees facing dismissal and end of punitive measures against workers following the railway strike; the resolution also demands that the govt enters negotiations with NCCRS and Govt employees to settle pending disputes
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    Leila Kabir Fernandes vs Unions of India - 1974 petition in the High Court of Delhi in Matter Maintnance of Internal Security Act, 1971
    (AIRF, 1974)
    Scanned copy of the Writ petition filed by Leila Kabir Fernandes challenging the grounds of the order of detention of George Fernandes, the leader of the All India Railwaymen's Federation. The annexure to the petition contains the text of strike notice in the railways
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    Resolutions passed by Rialways trade unions
    (AIRF, 1973) Western Railway Employees' Union; All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF); Madras Postal Accounts Association
    Three resolutions by trade unions, two by railway workers organisation and a third one by Postal workers supporting the demands of railway workers. The first resolution is titled ' Strike resolution passed at the Annual General Body Meeting of the Western Railway Employees Union held in November 1973; the second resolution is a resolution passed at the Annual convention of AIRF in October 1973.
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    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, Samar
    Correspondence 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 ....