1974 railway strike in India

Railway Strike 1974
Date8 May 1974 (1974-05-08) - 27 May 1974 (1974-05-27)
Location
India
Caused byStagnant long working hours of locomotive staff
GoalsEight-hour working day for locomotive staff
MethodsStrike
Resulted inDid not succeed, emergency imposed
Parties

The 1974 railway strike in India was a major strike by the workers of Indian Railways in 1974. The strike lasted from 8 to 27 May 1974.[1] The 20-day strike by 1.7 million (17 lakh) workers is the largest recorded industrial action in the world.[1][2][3]

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  2. ^ "INDIA: Strangulating Strike". TIME. 20 May 1974. Archived from the original on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  3. ^ Sherlock, Stephen (14 October 1989). "Railway Workers and Their Unions: Origins of 1974 Indian Railways Strike". Economic and Political Weekly. 24 (41): 2311–2322. JSTOR 4395459. Retrieved 28 September 2023.