This book is based on regorous research conducted on the interface between industrial relations system and trade unionism in the new economic policy era India. It is written to satisfy the needs of academics, scholars, administrators, managers and policy makers. It is an outcome of pains taking research during 2000-2002, through survey research, multilocational field investigations and indepth case studies. About Author : Dr. Panchadi Venkataramana is the Project Director for the Union Labour Ministry's research programme at Tamilnadu Institute of Labour Studies, Chennai. A graduate in Commerce and Economics (Andhra University) and post graduate in Public Administration (Andhra University), Research Methodology (TISS-Bombay) and Marketing Management (Pondicherrly University), Dr. Ventataramana received Ph.D. for his thesis, "Management of Development Corporations' from the faculty of Social Sciences, Osmania University Hyderabad in 1985. Contents : Acknowledgments Secret Ballot Method to Recognise the Bargaining Agent in Industrial Organisations and its Implications Present position and current thinkingMain findings, Conclusions, suggestions and recommendations Strikes, Lockouts and Industrial Relations Case studies on Secret Ballot Method and Multi Unionism and Single unions Survey of Literature Annexure Index