Industrial relations is the field of study that concentrates on workers, their unions and associations, and employers and their organizations, and the environment in which these parties interact. The purpose is to better understand the nature of the relationship between management, labor and government. The main objective of this paper is to assess the perception of the workers, executives and trade union leaders on working conditions in APPM and ITC-BPL, the leading paper manufacturing industries in A.P. The sample size holds at 198 that includes Workers, Trade Union Leaders and Executives. Multiple Regression Technique was applied to test the data and to draw conclusions. The study reveals that good industrial relations depend on a great variety of factors and it depicts that it is the obligation of employers to ensure cordial industrial relations with workers.
Employee, Employer, Trade Union, Industry, Industrial Relations
