Lynch your boss

[Hairless Kitten II]

Roy George, vice president (human resource) in the Coimbatore-based Pricol Ltd, died Tuesday, a day after being attacked by company workers. Nine workers have been arrested for his death.

The Rs.633 crore turnover Pricol is a leading auto component manufacturer.

Pricol was afflicted by labour problems for some time. The issue came to a boil Monday when the company dismissed around 35 workers in one of its factories near Coimbatore.

Enraged by the news, a group of workers went on the rampage at the company's Plant I at Perianaickenpalayam, damaging computers, glass panels and other furniture.

Officials who tried to intervene were attacked, and George was hit on the head. George, 46, was admitted to a Coimbatore hospital with serious injuries. He succumbed to his injuries Tuesday.

According to the Coimbatore police, four employees - three male and one female - were injured in the attack, including George.

While three were admitted to hospital, one was treated as an outpatient Monday.

According to officials, the company does not have any immediate plans to close down the plant.

Meanwhile, shocked over the death, industry lobby Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Southern Region, strongly condemned the attack on George.

In a statement here, C.R. Swaminathan, chairman CII Southern Region, said any labour issue would need to be resolved through consensus only and not through violence.

Concerned with the increasing incidents of labour unrest, Swaminathan urged the Tamil Nadu government to take firm action against those who had taken law in their hands.

In his message, C.K. Ranganathan, chairman, CII-Tamil Nadu, appealed to the state government for its intervention in protecting the interests of labour and management.

When contacted by IANS, state Labour Minister T.M. Anbarasan was not available for comment on the increasing labour unrest in the state.

http://www.indiaenews.com/business/20090922/222522.htm

It seems that the CEO's & other top executives in the West doesn't have to complain.

[Post-Unity Terra]

After this, I don't want to hear another American conservative complain about class warfare ever again.

[Meoton]

I'm a liberal. Can I complain? The very rich are getting richer, the middle class is shrinking, and the social safety net is falling apart. I'm keying the next $80k car I see.

[Blouman Empire]

I'm a liberal. Can I complain? The very rich are getting richer, the middle class is shrinking, and the social safety net is falling apart. I'm keying the next $80k car I see.

Because that is the mature response.

[New Chalcedon]

I'm a liberal. Can I complain? The very rich are getting richer, the middle class is shrinking, and the social safety net is falling apart. I'm keying the next $80k car I see.

Because that is the mature response.

Indeed. I agree - not very mature, Meoton.

Seriously, the USA is riven by class warfare. Thirty years of neoliberalism has thinned the middle class, expanded the poor and made the rich richer. I'm not advocating socialism, but it's clear where the USA is heading after going down the neolib path.

[Pope Joan]

I despise the idle rich.

I wish them ill.

Lord of justice, rain down upon them all the ills they have caused others. Disease, for hogging the best health care. Poverty, for impoverishing others. Ugliness in place of lipo and botox. Humiliation in place of smugness. Let them taste the bottom rung of our justice system. Let them live in squalor and the threat of violence.

Lord you have been far too merciful far too long. Enough!

[Sibirsky]

I'm a liberal. Can I complain? The very rich are getting richer, the middle class is shrinking, and the social safety net is falling apart. I'm keying the next $80k car I see.

I hope somebody hits your clunker and runs.

[Sibirsky]

I despise the idle rich.

I wish them ill.

Lord of justice, rain down upon them all the ills they have caused others. Disease, for hogging the best health care. Poverty, for impoverishing others. Ugliness in place of lipo and botox. Humiliation in place of smugness. Let them taste the bottom rung of our justice system. Let them live in squalor and the threat of violence.

Lord you have been far too merciful far too long. Enough!

You are confused. Probably intentionally brainwashed. In any case, these rich, whom you despise, are not impoverishing others. They provide jobs. Usually with health care. They pay more than their fair share of taxes, for little in return. They pay for valuable services that you use. You should really look into this hatred of a group of people that you have. It is not healthy.

[Non Aligned States]

They provide jobs. Usually with health care.

Which is why Union Carbide continues to deny any sort of responsibility for the Bhopal disaster, a disaster that wouldn't have happened if it wasn't run by penny pinching money grubbers who would rather toss away thousands of lives working for them in deliberately unsafe chemical plants with nonexistent safety measures and emergency protocols, letting them and their families die in the ensuing chemical cloud, than pay one red cent for better standards you mean?

Why would a company engaging in that sort of practice bother providing health care when they're quite willing to kill their workers through negligence hmmm?

[Risottia]

I despise the idle rich.

I despise those who are voluntarily idle. Including idle rich people, or idle poor people who refuse to work (those who try but cannot find it's another story). I also despise needless violence, like this one.

By the way, a vice-chairman or whatever is not an "idle rich". He's a worker. Better paid and with more responsibilities. But still a worker. Who, in this case, has been paying with his own life for the social tensions stemming from the global crisis - which, in turn, is the fault of the real "idle rich" (non-productive would be a better term, anyway) : that is a totally virtualised financial system.

[Pedoka]

I'm a liberal. Can I complain? The very rich are getting richer, the middle class is shrinking, and the social safety net is falling apart. I'm keying the next $80k car I see.

You do realize you would be looking at a felony for that? Not some petty misdemeanor bullshit...

Vandalism to an 80k car would generally result in damages beyond the low misdemeanor caps in most states and the crime would most certainly be elevated and enhanced based on hate crime rationale, a motive to attack those in the upper echelons of society.

That being said, I expect you to retract your comments.

[Marlencom]

They provide jobs. Usually with health care.

Which is why Union Carbide continues to deny any sort of responsibility for the Bhopal disaster, a disaster that wouldn't have happened if it wasn't run by penny pinching money grubbers who would rather toss away thousands of lives working for them in deliberately unsafe chemical plants with nonexistent safety measures and emergency protocols, letting them and their families die in the ensuing chemical cloud, than pay one red cent for better standards you mean?

Why would a company engaging in that sort of practice bother providing health care when they're quite willing to kill their workers through negligence hmmm?

An industrial accident? So what's your answer, more government? Because governments do not ever make mistakes.

[Marlencom]

I'm a liberal. Can I complain? The very rich are getting richer, the middle class is shrinking, and the social safety net is falling apart. I'm keying the next $80k car I see.

You do realize you would be looking at a felony for that? Not some petty misdemeanor bullshit...

Vandalism to an 80k car would generally result in damages beyond the low misdemeanor caps in most states and the crime would most certainly be elevated and enhanced based on hate crime rationale, a motive to attack those in the upper echelons of society.

That being said, I expect you to retract your comments.

I praise a felony for a dumb ass. Take his vote away.

[Marlencom]

I despise the idle rich.

I despise those who are voluntarily idle. Including idle rich people, or idle poor people who refuse to work (those who try but cannot find it's another story). I also despise needless violence, like this one.

By the way, a vice-chairman or whatever is not an "idle rich". He's a worker. Better paid and with more responsibilities. But still a worker. Who, in this case, has been paying with his own life for the social tensions stemming from the global crisis - which, in turn, is the fault of the real "idle rich" (non-productive would be a better term, anyway) : that is a totally virtualised financial system.

What about the money and capital those "idle rich" invested in the business? Does the fact that he is risking his own capital does not mean anything?

[Tubbsalot]

An industrial accident? So what's your answer, more government? Because governments do not ever make mistakes.

What's that? Companies are cutting corners? Well, government regulations certainly won't help. Let's face it, the government can never ever do anything right and always screws things up. Let's just leave these things to the private sector.

What's that? Crime is occurring in the world? Well, government services certainly won't help, so let's get rid of those useless police departments. We can probably get rid of all the emergency services, actually. Let's face it, the government can never ever do anything right and always screws things up. Let's just leave these things to the private sector.

[Greed and Death]

A shocking incident.
those involved should be executed by firing squad to send a message to other workers.
Any lesser of a response by the government is class warfare by the government and merits open take over of government by business interest.

[Greed and Death]

They provide jobs. Usually with health care.

Which is why Union Carbide continues to deny any sort of responsibility for the Bhopal disaster, a disaster that wouldn't have happened if it wasn't run by penny pinching money grubbers who would rather toss away thousands of lives working for them in deliberately unsafe chemical plants with nonexistent safety measures and emergency protocols, letting them and their families die in the ensuing chemical cloud, than pay one red cent for better standards you mean?

Why would a company engaging in that sort of practice bother providing health care when they're quite willing to kill their workers through negligence hmmm?

How is an industrial accident caused by a disgruntled employee the company's fault?
You can produce safety measures all you want a clever former employee can get around them.

[Post-Unity Terra]

I'm a liberal. Can I complain? The very rich are getting richer, the middle class is shrinking, and the social safety net is falling apart. I'm keying the next $80k car I see.

You do realize you would be looking at a felony for that? Not some petty misdemeanor bullshit...

Vandalism to an 80k car would generally result in damages beyond the low misdemeanor caps in most states and the crime would most certainly be elevated and enhanced based on hate crime rationale, a motive to attack those in the upper echelons of society.

That being said, I expect you to retract your comments.

I'm sure the rich appreciate you leaping to their defence like a good peasant should.

[Shinkadomayaka]

I declare that this thread has been jacked.

[The_pantless_hero]

They provide jobs. Usually with health care.

Except when they are giving people just under 40 hours of work a week so they don't have a right to healthcare. Or when they earn big pay checks for saving the company money by firing people.

You should really look into this hatred of a group of people that you have. It is not healthy.

Neither is delusion.

[The_pantless_hero]

They provide jobs. Usually with health care.

Which is why Union Carbide continues to deny any sort of responsibility for the Bhopal disaster, a disaster that wouldn't have happened if it wasn't run by penny pinching money grubbers who would rather toss away thousands of lives working for them in deliberately unsafe chemical plants with nonexistent safety measures and emergency protocols, letting them and their families die in the ensuing chemical cloud, than pay one red cent for better standards you mean?

Why would a company engaging in that sort of practice bother providing health care when they're quite willing to kill their workers through negligence hmmm?

How is an industrial accident caused by a disgruntled employee the company's fault?
You can produce safety measures all you want a clever former employee can get around them.

Lolwhat? Pray tell why you know more about the disaster than anyone else? Like what exactly was the catalyst for it? And how do you know that but do not know about the dozens of safety failures or the plant?

[Sibirsky]

Except when they are giving people just under 40 hours of work a week so they don't have a right to healthcare. Or when they earn big pay checks for saving the company money by firing people.

And what's stopping them from buying their own health insurance? Sure, they don't get the tax break their employer would get, but I am not the one that wrote the tax code. Had I written it, it would be simple, individuals use before tax money to pay for medical expenses just like corporations do.

[Sibirsky]

You should really look into this hatred of a group of people that you have. It is not healthy.

Neither is delusion.

I will not give in to flame baiting.

[The_pantless_hero]

Except when they are giving people just under 40 hours of work a week so they don't have a right to healthcare. Or when they earn big pay checks for saving the company money by firing people.

And what's stopping them from buying their own health insurance? Sure, they don't get the tax break their employer would get, but I am not the one that wrote the tax code. Had I written it, it would be simple, individuals use before tax money to pay for medical expenses just like corporations do.

So your argument is they should buy healthcare on their own, at a far higher price I might add, because it would be affordable in your personal bizarro world? Great.

PS. That has nothing to do with my or your original point - that "rich" people running companies "provide healthcare."

[Post-Unity Terra]

They provide jobs. Usually with health care.

Which is why Union Carbide continues to deny any sort of responsibility for the Bhopal disaster, a disaster that wouldn't have happened if it wasn't run by penny pinching money grubbers who would rather toss away thousands of lives working for them in deliberately unsafe chemical plants with nonexistent safety measures and emergency protocols, letting them and their families die in the ensuing chemical cloud, than pay one red cent for better standards you mean?

Why would a company engaging in that sort of practice bother providing health care when they're quite willing to kill their workers through negligence hmmm?

How is an industrial accident caused by a disgruntled employee the company's fault?
You can produce safety measures all you want a clever former employee can get around them.

Lolwhat? Pray tell why you know more about the disaster than anyone else? Like what exactly was the catalyst for it? And how do you know that but do not know about the dozens of safety failures or the plant?

That's Union Carbide's story. It wasn't the nonexistent safety precautions or massively overfilled toxic chemical tanks, it was James Bond.