Archives of Indian Labour: Recent submissions

  • Trade Union declaration and book excerpt on disciplinary action 
    Unknown author (AIRF, )
    Excerpt from the book 'Disciplinary action against government servants and its remedies' and a press release containing a declaration from the preparatory committee of a national convention of working people.
  • Letters file AIRF 160- B Part 1 (a) 
    All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF); Raipur Division Insurance Employees Union; Socialist Party of India; Northern Railwaymen's Union; South Central Railway Mazdoor Union; Western Railway Employees Union; N.E. Railway Mazdoor Union; D.L.W. Men's Union (AIRF, 1974)
    1974 Letters file of the All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF) with letters to affiliate unions, also containing union resolutions. There are also letters from political parties such as the Socialist Party addressed to ...
  • Press Release and supporting documents (AIRF/ 160 -B (iii)) 
    All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF); All India Loco Running Staff Association (AILRSA) (AIRF, 1974)
    Press releases by AIRF and AILRSA. The AIRF release accompanies a declaration by railwaymen's unions challenging claims by the Railway minister L.N. Mishra that bonus cannot be paid since railwaymen are too numerous - 27 ...
  • Railway Unions Letters and Applications File (AIRF/ 160 -B (iii)) 
    Indian Railways Ticket Checking Staff Association; All India Railway Commercial Clerks Association; All India Train Examiners' Association; All India Railway Technical Staff; Indian Railway Pharmacist's Association; United Committee of Railwaymen; All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF) (AIRF, 1974)
    Collection of letters addressed to AIRF and responses; These also express inter-union tensions and difference of views and problems of organisation; e.g. A letter from All India Railway Commercial Clerks Association expresses ...
  • Vidhan [विधान] 
    Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, )
    Booklet is based on Legislation of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh.
  • LRSA Memorandum, AIRF Notice of Meeting 
    All India Loco Running Staff Association (AILRSA); All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF) (AIRF, 1973)
    Text of December 1973 LRSA Memorandum to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi giving a full break up of greviances and non implementation of assurances made by railway administration and seeking her intervention regarding withdrawal ...
  • Views, Proposals and Railway Trade Union's Declaration 
    All India Loco Running Staff Association (AILRSA); All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF) (AIRF, 1974)
    Views and Proposals of All India Loco Running Staff Association (AILRSA) presented at the meet of the All India Railwaymen's Federation on 24 January 1974. Text of declaration adopted at the December 1973 meeting of Railway ...
  • 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 ...
  • Computerisation (Ek Prakat Chintan) [कम्प्यूटराइजेशन (एक प्रकट चिंतन)] 
    Thengadi, Dattopant (Bharatiya Shram Shodh Mandal, 1984)
    Book "Computerisation (Ek Prakat Chintan)" written by Shri Dattopant Thengadi.