Correspondence File [AIRF 160-B General Strike]
Date
1974
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AIRF
Abstract
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 . . . .
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Railway Workers, Strike, Correspondence, Trade Unions, Right to Strike, Labour, Repression, Trade Union Rights, Labour History, Politics, New Delhi, Assam, Calcutta, Gorakhpur, Secunderabad, Kharagpur, Madras, Bombay, Jhansi, Ghaziabad, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Ratlam, Ajmer, Allahabad, Chittaranjan, London, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Varanasi, Vijayawada, Bhavnagar, Moradabad, Gauhati, Ahmedabad, Dibrugarh, Ludhiana, Asansol, Trichy