On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Michael McIntyre <morbidsymptoms at gmail.com>wrote:
> The spirit of Chauri Chaura lives! Mahatma Gandhi ki jai!
> MM
>
>
> 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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