Dismissed employees beat CEO to death (India)

[OhioChick]

Source: Times of India

22 Sep 2008, 1524 hrs IST,PTI

NOIDA: The Chief Executive Officer of a company was on Monday beaten to death by a group of dismissed employees inside office premises after a meeting called to resolve dispute between them and the management failed. ( Watch )

L K Chaudhury, the CEO of Gradiano in Udyog Vihar of Greater Noida, was killed when the agitating workers turned violent and beat him up, Senior Superintendent of Police (Noida) R K Chaturvedi said. ( Watch )

As the clash erupted, Chaturvedi said, a security guard opened fire in air.

About 20 people were injured in the clash. Chaudhury was rushed to Kailash hospital where he was declared brought dead.

There were about 200 former employees inside the premises when the incident took place.

They were dismissed two months back for some reasons and were since then protesting against it.


Read more: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Dismissed_employees_beat_CEO_to_death/articleshow/3513395.cms

[Zuiderelle]

1. Damn.

:(

[Gman]

2. The first action in a world that will fight back?

Will this start to be a common event?

[OhioChick]

3. My thoughts exactly....

Could this be a sign of things to come?

[Delphinus]

40. In the climate that they have created

just recently, I'd say they best watch their backs. I'm thinking the sheep are getting riled. Those of us aware and awake have been riled!

[tularetom]

4. Damn that's a bad sign

Or maybe not!
:evilgrin:

[Lost4words]

5. Now THAT"S What I 'm Talking About!!!

I see it a positive trend!

there is nothing wrong with republikins & crook CEOs that twice daily water boarding wouldnt cure!

And it does not leave a mark!

8643

[sakabatou]

45. ...

So violence and rioting are good to you?

[bdamomma]

6. other people from other countries who have learned to take no

crap lash out, hmmm....sigh......

[pipi_k]

7. Wow...consequences....

what a novel idea....!!!!


although it's unfortunate that the guy died...


but I'd like to see some beatings right here in the US

[WriteDown]

8. Easy there...

Not all CEO's are Bob Nardelli. Some are from very small companies.

[pattmarty]

12. Well then, this is what happens in times like this............

........most of these ass holes (90%?) deserve to be in fucking jail, PERIOD!!!! And you know what, maybe if we're lucky you'll see 2 or 3 serve 6 months just to show us all that justice was served. I say, BULLSHIT!!!!!!

[WriteDown]

15. 90% of CEO's?

I'm technically a CEO of 4 people under my corporation. Hope the other 3 don't gang up on me :rofl:. There are millions of CEO's who are nothing like how you describe. You talking about a small group of maybe 2-3%.

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[Trillo]

57. That's probably true: "You talking about a small group of maybe 2-3%. "

One of the things broken in our greater system or model is how a few can dictate to the rest of us.

"Only a few rise to the top"

[norepubsin08]

30. ALL PRIVATE BUSINESS IS EVIL

As far as I am concerned...the people in India had it right, a little more social justice and we might not have a repeat of this shit in another 80 years it seems that we go through this in cycles.

[DS1]

35. I'm no fan of the mega-corporations, but your post title is beyond stupid

[jakem]

36. +1

[jakem]

37. [double post]

[norepubsin08]

41. If it's stupid then why are we in the mess we are in....

greed...that's what business is..greed...let's make as much as we can and it doesn't matter how we do just so long as we do it for ourselves! If you look at other countries (specially Scandinavian and some what other Western European ones) they are much more socialized and they are doing much better than we are right now. Their people are happier, healthier(universal health care) and being transported better(National rail systems) they are also better educated, why, because private business doesn't have such a stranglehold on their office holders.

[pattmarty]

42. I totally agree. Some of my posts were "deleted" (censored).

[Dora]

69. Greed is not limited to the private sector.

The public sector has problems with corruption and greed as well. Don't delude yourself.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. good lord. doesn't bode well.

[undeterred]

10. No severance pay, I'll bet.

And no unemployment compensation. And I'll bet they couldn't feed their families. And people get angry, don't they. :shrug:

[Forrest Greene]

11. I've Been Waiting For This Headline For Years n/t

[originalpckelly]

13. Hey, at least they can find jobs in the Indian Mafia.

And if there isn't one, they can start it with 200 people willing to kill for money.

[nolabels]

14. Those disgruntled employees should of studied for a real trade

Many a job i had I've been angry at the boss or employer but found it more satisfying just to leave. Those employers seemed to have missed me more than i missed them. I now have a good decent job with a strong union to back me up. The idea of beating someone to death about a job seems like some very large lunacy to me.
And there i was thinking i was :crazy:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

26. do you know what the unemployment rate is in india?

:eyes:

[nolabels]

55. I was kind of posting that tongue and cheek

The point i was trying to make is that if you depend on others to support your life then you better find a way to make them depend on you also. The simple fact that they will eventually find a way to deal without you otherwise actually should only be common sense. The idea of revenge is inbred, but logically for most individuals in any most any kind of modern society it is a useless endeavor for helping one's life to go forward.

No i don't know what the unemployment rate is in India but can imagine it is probably not much different than the day-laborers we have hanging all around our town. I feel sorry for them but often their plight is still better than where the left from. Their cheaper labor drives the industry around here but it also makes it harder for our children to find a job.
The answer was for our children to go to college which they are doing. At fifty i have only been unemployed for two weeks in my life. And even then i was trying to be unemployed after i was unexpectedly laid off.

Maybe it's just my perspective or something :shrug:

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[NashVegas]

16. And Here I Am Wishing People Would Just Refuse to Work With Incompetents

Beating them to death wasn't really on my mind at all.

[Dogtown]

17. Appropriate

Bet he wanted his ass kissed plenty when he was boss; since he failed, now he gets his ass kicked.

[wvbygod]

25. Appropriate you say? Death penalty for bad management???

The man is dead. Why do you feel that he deserved to die? Do you have details of his crime
that would allow for the death penalty?

[Dogtown]

43. Don't waste your time

You can't bait me.

[lonestarnot]

18. In amerika, you won't find a CEO in any meetings with employees inside and office.

[Lerkfish]

20. good luck finding the CEO at all

[dhpgetsit]

23. Actually I have worked in small corporations

Where the CEO was around all the time. I rather like the hands-on management style.
I hope we can get to the point where small corporations are much more prevalent and can compete on a level field with multinationals.

Can you say single payer health care?

[Psephos]

29. Good point about small corporations n/t

[Usrename]

19. There you go.

[patriotvoice]

21. Force, my friends, is violence: the supreme authority from which all other force derives.

Naked force has resolved more issues throughout history than any other factor and the contrary opinion that violence never solves anything is wishful thinking at its worst. People who forget that always pay.

-- Robert A. Heinlein

[Blue_Tires]

28. lol...I never thought I'd see a Heinlein quote right next to an MLK quote....

a sad situation all around...we could be seeing another era of disgruntled employees "going postal" like they did in the 90s...

[jakem]

22. Wow. Some disgusting responses to this.

There is absolutely no justification for the cheering that is going on in this thread.

[Psephos]

34. That's because to them it's all just words, not actual blood, eyeballs, and broken teeth

Hyenas also revel in bloody death. But hyenas have the excuse that they're hyenas.

[jakem]

38. I am growing tired of the DU armchair revolutionaries.

and the communists who are bitching about capitalism and praising Mao from their new 17" Macbook.
and the anarchists who have no clue what they are even railing against.



What happened to the 'liberal' ideal of non-violence?

It is easy to cheer the misfortune of 'bad' people (whatever the fuck that means).

If you want to be a revolutionary, take the high road of non-violence. If you have the guts.

[fla nocount]

46. You paint with a broad brush chum.

I bet that you believe that there's an objective reality as well.

[jakem]

48. great. add armchair philosophers to the list.

;)

[fla nocount]

49. And Dennis Miller comedians. n/t

[jakem]

54. touche. ill be the comedian. you be the bloodthirsty sheeple.

[U4ikLefty]

63. Nice attack from your hig-horse.

I guess you are better than those bloodthristy Indian folks.

[jakem]

65. i do not fault the Indians involved. I am not better than someone forced into repulsive acts by lack

of known alternatives.


It is the response on DU that is sickening.

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[Hugabear]

71. Where would we be without violent revolution?

Instead of bitching about Bush, we'd be complaining about Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles.

[Uncle Joe]

72. That's true and yet India shook off colonial rule with peaceful revolution,

which would go on to inspire people like Martin Luther King Jr.

Maybe India needs new peaceful revolutionary leaders in the mold of Ghandi.

[Overseas]

50. Oh yes golly because gee golly the CEOs just have all of our best interests at heart

and so we should never ever never never think about harming them. Oh gosh. That wouldn't be nice and gee, they're working so hard for their $50,000 per minute salaries.

[jakem]

53. youre right. i am sure you deserve money much more than they do.

my comment was about violence, not salaries.

[AnneD]

27. If you think we have weak safety nets here in this country.....

they are non existent in India. When folks go to work for a company-it is expected to last til retirement. The only safety net is the family, and that (the stability of the family) is starting to change. In many families, the wives stay at home (it really is a case of have to).

By laying off these folks, he was throwing many families into the street...literally. While I don't condone it, I can understand it. India and Indian society is not use to the disposable worker that the New World Order seems to produce.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

39. well stated. i dont condone murder either but i understand frustration

especially the frustration that comes out of not being able to feed your family

the wealth disparity in india is shocking too

[mitchum]

31. Dead men do no more mischief

[Crowman1979]

32. Higher gas prices added with food shortages exacerbated the problem.

When you risk having your family starve to death, then desperation ensues.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

33. Now THAT is class warfare.

[AlphaCentauri]

44. Those bosses don't know how to payoff a union leader n/t

[superconnected]

59. oh that was bad. Funny. but baaad.

[ihavenobias]

47. Whoah! n/t

[yurbud]

51. they will increase security here before it catches on. there are probably armed blackwater guards

around gated communities all over the country already.

[not fooled]

56. Ooh you beat me to it...

...growth sector for Blackwater!:puke:

[yurbud]

58. 15 years ago, I worked for an attorney service, and health insurance companies had tightest security

tighter than Justice Department and other federal buildings.

Essentially, I could just get into a lobby and talk to someone through a foot think slab of plexiglass.

Even back then, they already knew how hated they were, and what kind of reaction they deserved from the public.

I imagine these Wall Street parasites take similar precautions.

We just have to hope that they choke on their caviar, or their dominatrix accidentally kills them during their weekly bondage and discipline session.

[Vidar]

52. Wish it would happen here.

[Doctor_J]

60. That's where we're headed if CEO's remain above the law here

Eventually, when a group of people continue to abuse another group, and the courts and legal system offer no help, the abused group will take their justice into their own hands. It's battered spouse syndrome writ large

[crossroads]

62. Yep... that's true! nt

[superconnected]

61. Hard to feel for him without knowing more. I mean maybe he wasn't a crook,

it's just that there are so many, I guess it's hard to feel for him.

[kestrel91316]

66. All those whiney-assed Wall Street CEOs who ran their investment banks

into the ground need to be sent a copy of this article and told to SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP OR THERE WILL BE REAL CONSEQUENCES.

[OhioChick]

68. You got it!

:thumbsup:

[BreweryYardRat]

70. Interesting lack of response from the police.

Sympathy with the folks getting the shit end of the stick, or did a competing company get wind of this and bribe the local police to stay away?

***
Shockingly, despite several Graziano officials phoning up a number of Noida police officials about the violence, only two police constables arrived at the spot after an hour. And, even at 3.30pm, as the unit's security personnel and some other employees shut themselves up in the unit, only about half a dozen Provincial Armed Constabulary personnel were posted outside.

And, there was no officer with them. Which meant that, in case of an emergency, there was nobody there to order any action. And, this was the state of affairs with the district reserve police lines being located half a kilometre away.

Police officers were not available for comment, until 9.45pm, when area superintendent of police, Babu Ram, claimed, "We had sent force within 15 minutes of getting information. Later, we also arrested 63 persons for murder, rioting and other charges. We had even earlier received a note from the Italian Embassy about trouble at Graziano."
***

And some more details:

***
The unit, a 100% subsidiary of Graziano Italy, specializes in making gears and transmission systems for vehicles. It was set up in 1998 and commenced commercial production in 2000.

The roots of the unrest can be traced to three months ago, when the company declared a partial lockout. Some 200 employees were affected. Company sources said 15 staffers were given termination letters while the others were to be taken back.

According to a company employee, "Some workers had been locked out selectively. They had arrived today to negotiate the re-employment terms. But, they were not willing to accept some conditions. And, sat on a dharna outside the main gate. There is a court injunction against these workers coming within 300 meters of the unit. But the police did not arrive when about 200 of them were at the gates, even as a precautionary measure."
***

If they'd been essentially suspended without pay for three months in India, I can understand why they did this. They'd have been very close to starving, if not already there.