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Item Cover letter and press releases concerning the All India Railwaymen's convention of 1974(AIRF, 1974-02-25) All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF); All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)cover letter and press releases concerning the railwaymen's convention held in New Delhi on 27 February 1974Item 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 Registered Mail Under Certificate of Posting(AIRF, 1974)This is a mailing list with typed addresses of different trade unions from across India to whom registered letters seem to have been sent by the All India Railwaymen's Federation (File No. AIRF / 160-B (VIII) . These are two lists one of 8 pages and another one of 2 pages have postal stamp markings on it in front of certain addresses with dates 18.2.1974 on one and the second list has markings of 19.2.1974Item 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,