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Item Documents pertaining to the 1974 national convention of AIRF(All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF), 1974) All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF); Western Railway Employees Union (WREU); Joint Council of Action (Sealdah division); Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU)Documents on preparation of National Convention of Railwaymen 1974 organised by All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF); invitation to all unions, mailing list with postal addresses, notices of preparatory meetings in different cities (Madras, Jodhpur, Junagadh); List of letters in response to the AIRF invitation, Press release describing preparation of Railway strike following the Railwaymen's convention.Item Letters regarding 1974 general strike of the railway workers(All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF), 1974-06-24) Fernandes, George; Narasimhan, V.; John, Mary; Menon, Achutha; Karunanidhi, T.; Ramachandran, G.; Sivapatham, M.This is a 74 page collection of (typed and handwritten) letters from All India Railwaymen's Federation and other affiliated unions and also responses from senior officials of the Railways, Chief Ministers of certain states, also from the Prime Minsters secretariat between 1974-75. The letters deal with withdrawal of the strike, victimisation of workers for participation in Strike activities etc.Item Public Notice announcing the Railwaymen's Convention of 1974(All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF), 1974-02-25) All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF)Notice from All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF) announcing the railwaymen's convention to be held in New Delhi on 27 February 1974Item Scans of Press Statements Regarding General Strike (railways) -1974 (File No. 160-B-IX)(AIRF, 1974) AIRFContains, press statements between March-June 1974 (in English and Hindi) by AIRF and the National Coordination Committee for Railwaymen's Struggle (NCCRS), Socialist Party of India, Opposition Parties during the strike and in the post 1974 railway strike situation. The impact on railway workers (facing repression, facing a break in their employment and being treated as new recruits), situation of workers in Prison, reports received by NCCRS from its affiliates and from other unions,