dagblog - Comments for "India : An angry mob of fired workers burned to death a senior executive of a steel factory" http://dagblog.com/link/india-angry-mob-fired-workers-burned-death-senior-executive-steel-factory-9252 Comments for "India : An angry mob of fired workers burned to death a senior executive of a steel factory" en The fire has been burning in http://dagblog.com/comment/109087#comment-109087 <a id="comment-109087"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/india-angry-mob-fired-workers-burned-death-senior-executive-steel-factory-9252">India : An angry mob of fired workers burned to death a senior executive of a steel factory</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The fire has been burning in India for quite some time. To quote the article:</p><p><em>Incidents of industrial violence are common in India, where workers often target executives in cases of wage disputes and job losses.</em></p><p>Here's a similar example from 2009:</p><p><a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/2009/09/23/idINIndia-42646420090923">Pricol official beaten to death by employees in Coimbatore</a></p><p>and some more</p><blockquote><p><a href="http://automotivehorizon.sulekha.com/dismissed-workers-kill-allied-nippon-official-in-india_newsitem_906">Dismissed workers kill Allied Nippon official in India</a><br />Posted by Jayashankar Menon 4 mnths ago<br /><br />A top executive at an Indian-Japanese auto component firm, Allied Nippon was beaten to death in a Delhi suburb, allegedly by a mob of sacked workers, local media quoted police as saying, says the Earth Times report... [....]</p><p>Last year, an executive at an Indian automotive company was killed in the southern state of Tamil Nadu by angry workers. In 2008, the Indian head of an Italian auto-parts firm had also been beaten to death in a New Delhi suburb by sacked employees. But Indian ministers have insisted that such incidents are 'aberrations'  and would not be allowed to mar India's position as an investment-friendly destination, the report adds.</p></blockquote></div></div></div> Sun, 06 Mar 2011 03:32:15 +0000 artappraiser comment 109087 at http://dagblog.com