On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Bhaskar Sunkara
<bhaskar.sunkara at gmail.com> wrote:
> Meh, don't muck up the memory of Chuari Chuara by elevating this act to its
> heights. I mean he was a vice president, just management and even if he were
> the owner he's just held hostage to market forces. Not sure how this act of
> resistance was anything nihilist depravity.
>
>
> 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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