On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> <http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/23/india.vp.beaten/>
>
> HR manager beaten to death by angry workers
> By Harmeet Shah Singh
> CNN
>
> NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Angry workers beat to death a human resources vice
> president after he laid off 42 employees at an auto-parts manufacturing
> company in southern India, police said Wednesday.
>
> Roy George was vice-president for human resources at Pricol, the auto-parts
> company.
>
> Some four to five workers, belonging to a union not recognized by the
> company, barged into his office and beat him up with iron rods, said N.
> Kannan, a police superintendent of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu state.
>
> George, 47, died from his head injuries Tuesday, Kannan told CNN.
>
> Police have arrested nine people and are expected to round up more.
>
> Last year the Indian head of an Italian company died after allegedly being
> beaten by a mob of sacked employees.
>
> More than 60 people were charged with the murder of the chief executive of
> Graziano Transmissioni near New Delhi.
>
> Earlier this month, India's Jet Airways had to cancel hundreds of flights
> after pilots struck work over the sacking of two of their colleagues in
> August.
>
> Companies in the South Asian nation, despite its rapid economic growth in
> recent years, have often been faced with tough labor issues because of
> archaic laws and company policies on hiring and retrenchment.
>
> Business consultants in India blame such labor standoffs on what they call
> lack of transparency in retrenchment or layoff policies.
>
> Hiring and firing conditions are often not explained to workers by their
> companies, said Rajeev Karwal, founding-director of Milagrow Business and
> Knowledge Solutions.
>
> Issues could spiral out of control if the businesses and bureaucrats are
> seen in a "corrupt nexus" by the employees seeking reprieve from labor
> authorities, he said.
>
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