ALL INDIA RAILWAYMEN'S FEDERATION: Recent submissions

  • Minutes of Railways Unions Meeting (AIRF/ 160 -B (iii)) 
    Unknown author (AIRF, 1974)
    Handwritten minutes or notes with names and addresses of different Railway unions officials and jottings of what they said. Difficult to read all but there is mention of representation of the categorical streams within ...
  • Press Releases from govt employees (NCCRS /I/74 Part II /74-75) 
    National Coordination Committee For Railwaymen's Struggle (NCCRS); Delhi Police Chaturth Shreney Karamchari Welfare Association; All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF); Confederation of Central Govt. Employees and Workers; All India Postal Class IV Employees Union; Delhi State Govt. Employees Federation; All India Administrative Employees Union (AIRF, 1975)
    Press Releases seeking revision of pay, dearness allowance, 8-hour work and other rights of government employees; Most press releases are by single organisations, one is jointly signed by diverse organisations
  • Letters and Applications File (NCCRS /I/74 Part II /74-75) 
    National Rail Mazdoor Union (N.R.M.U.); Divisional Insurance Employees Association; National Coordination Committee For Railwaymen's Struggle (NCCRS); All India Railway Employees Confederation; Electrical Staff Council; Mahila Samiti (Santragachi; Insurance Employees Union; North East Railway Workshop Council (AIRF, 1975)
    Letters and applications from trade unions for redressal of grievances from workers in Railways and other establishments, letters and memorandums from unionists and others regarding job classification, reinstatement, ...
  • Notice and Handbill on Union Protest Meetings (NCCRS /I/74 Part II /74-75) 
    Railway Mazdoor Sangharsh Samavay Samiti; National Coordination Committee of Railwaymen's Struggle (NCCRS) (AIRF, 1974)
    A handbill in Hindi and notice in English regarding the protest meetings of railway workers in Bhopal and Kharagpur areas.
  • Telegrams and Correspondence file (NCCRS /I/74 Part II /74-75) 
    Unknown author (AIRF, 1975)
    Multiple telegrams and also short handwritten texts in Hindi; an unsigned union resolution and NCCRS notice. The issues raised pertain to the withdrawal of disciplinary action against railway workers for having taken part ...
  • Union Resolutions (NCCRS /I/74 Part II /74-75) 
    Northern Railways Employees' Coordination Committee; National Coordination Committee of Railwaymen's Struggle (NCCRS); Insurance Employees Union (AIRF, 1975)
    Texts of post-1974 railway strike resolutions at railwaymen's union conventions which refer to victimisation and trade union rights of railway workers
  • Mid 1974 Protest Call Leaflets and a News Report 
    Northern Railway Worker Union; Northern Railwaymen's Union; Railway Sangharsh Samanvay Samiti; National Coordination Committee For Railwaymens Struggle (NCCRS); ERMU (AIRF, 1974)
    Contains leaflets and flyers from workers organisation ('Bhari Jalsa' [big rally] in August 1974, in Sirsa, Bihar called by Shunting and electrical staff; 'Daman Virodh Saptah' [Anti-repression'] week 22 to 28 July 1974; ...
  • Lists of Railway Employees Dismissed from Jobs for Participation in the Railway Strike 
    Unknown author (AIRF, 1974)
    A union compilation of multiple lists with names of railway employees with designation and dates of their dismissal from jobs by the Indian railways for participation in the 1974 General Strike of Railway Workers
  • File on Press Releases, Notices and supporting documents Post-1974 Railway Strike 
    National Coordination Committee For Railwaymen's Struggle (NCCRS); Socialist Party of India (AIRF, 1974)
    File containing press releases from NCCRS following the 1974 railway strike and supporting original documents such as a letter from a socialist leader to the Prime Minister regarding of repression of railway workers during ...
  • NCCRS File on Railway workers demands and calls for protest action in the aftermath of 1974 railway strike 
    National Coordination Committee For Railwaymen's Struggle (NCCRS); Bharatiya Railway Mazdoor Sangh; Socialist Party of India; Eastern Railwaymen's Union (AIRF, 1974)
    This union file provides an insight into the post-strike situation of the 1974 railway workers strike in India. Contains calls for protest action and demands from workers organisations - multiple unions of railwaymen and ...
  • NCCRS File Containing Post 1974 Railway Strike Resolutions, Memoranda, Declarations 
    National Coordination Committee For Railwaymen's Struggle (NCCRS); Paharpur Works Employees Union; Telegraph Engineering Employees Union Class III; Northern Railway Workers' Union; United Council of Trade Unions; Carrige and Wagon Staff Council - Eastern Railway; All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF); South Eastern Railwaymen's Union (AIRF, 1974)
    Contains union declarations and resolutions explaining repression against Railway workers during the 1974 railway strike; making demands to the state and Railway authorities to withdraw cases and to roll back repressive ...
  • Correspondence File NCCRS/1/74 (Part-II) 
    All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF); Indian Railway Workers Federation (IRWF); National Coordination Committee For Railwaymen's Struggle (NCCRS); Western Railway Labour Union; Divisional Insurance Employees's Association; Paschim Railway Karamchari Parishad; National Federation of P & T Employees (AIRF, 1974)
    Correspondence file containing letters, telegrams, from union leaders from multiple locations giving information on staff transfers, dismissal from jobs, with lists of cases, and post 1974 railway strike situation as seen ...
  • Press Release of April 15, 1974 
    National Coordination Committee For Railwaymen's Struggle (NCCRS) (AIRF, 1974)
    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
  • Mailing List with Addresses of Trade Unions in the Indian Railways 
    Unknown author (AIRF, 1974)
    A list of mailing addresses of 89 trade union organisations of railway workers in India in the 1970s
  • Minutes of the Citizens Convention Listing Demands 
    Lal, Baban (AIRF, 1974)
    Minutes of 1974 citizens convention in Dhanbad listing demands of Railwaymen regarding their recognition as Industrial workers, job evaluation, 8 hours of work etc.
  • Resolution on General Strike at Meeting of the Natioal Coordination Committee of Railwaymen's Struggle on 15 April 1974 
    National Coordination Committee For Railwaymen's Struggle (NCCRS) (AIRF, 1974)
    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
  • Proceedings of Central Executive Committee of AITA Meeting (5 April 1974) 
    All India Train Examiners Association - Southern Zone (AIRF, 1974)
    Detailed report of proceedings of the AITA executive committee meeting which goes into internal organisational matters and its participation in the NCCRS. The report goes into detail of the 8 point demands (Job evaluation ...
  • Press Releases file NCCRS [Folder 15 AIRF] 
    Press Information Bureau; National Coordination Committee of Railwaymen's Struggle (NCCRS) (AIRF, 1974)
    An official government communique in the form of a PIB release -- letter by Railway Minister to George Fernandes the leader of the All India Railwaymen's Federation regarding reaching a negotiated settlement to meet ...
  • Railways Management Memos for Taking Disciplinary Action and Union Memo 
    North East Frontier Railway; National Coordination Committee For Railwaymen's Struggle (NCCRS) (AIRF, 1974)
    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 ...
  • New Year Greeting Card 1975 
    Food Corporation of India Employees Association West Zone (AIRF, 1974)
    New Year Greeting card for 1975 addressed to George Fernandes listing workers wishes/demands. Has a Christmas tree drawing with wishes for pay rise etc. dangling from the tree.

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