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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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    Correspondence file of AIRF regarding preparations of national convention of 1974
    (AIRF, 1974) Saksena, S.K.; Lall, Chaman; Purohit, Umraomal; Susankar; Anand, S.R.; Subramanian, M.R.; Dutta, Rasamay; Sitaraman, M.; Niranjan, T.K.; Verma, R.K.; Shrivastava, B.B.; Fernandes, George; Chatterji, U.P.; Chowdhury, B.P. Roy; Namasivayam, M.; Huque, S.A.; Maharaj, Anand; Ghosh, K.N.; Bhargava, M.P.; Sindhi, J.C.; Sarkar, Satyanarayan; Jayadeva, C.N.; Vincent, Antony; Vasu, M.; Sreenivasan, V.B.; Mukherjee, S.K.
    Correspondence file of AIRF. Contains letter(s) . . . to the India's Railway Minister; text of resolutions passed at regional and national level deliberations of unions and staff associations, regarding recommendations of the third Pay Commission regarding job designation of 'Mistri' [Mechanics] as junior supervisors and its implications for pay; the resolution demands equal treatment with other public sector employees, a revision of pay structure of class III and IV employees, and demands bonus of 8,33 percent and questions doing away with housing provisions for certain employees, Fresh job analysis and training, regularisation of casual or temporary workers etc
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    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.
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    Correspondence File [AIRF 160-B General Strike]
    (AIRF, 1974) Limaye, Madhu; Chaubey, J.P.; Fernandes, George; Dange, S.A.; Sharma, Govindlal; Bhagi, K.D.; Malgi, V.R.; Padmanabhan, K.
    374-page AIRF correspondence file with letters from AIRF to member unions also letters from members of parliament to VV Giri the President of India regarding arrests and repression of railway personnel and of trade unionists due to 1974 railway strike. Only a few names of the authors are mentioned ... there are many more. Contains letter from Prison by George Fernandes in Response a telegram by Jayaprakas Narayan. Memorandum by opposition leaders to the Prime Minister. Letter from Post and Telegraph workers on govt proposal to de-recognise FNPTO; Contains solidarity letters and letters giving names of workers dismissed from service from regional Railway unions addressed to AIRF; Letter from International Transport workers federation in London expressing solidarity . . . .