Kind of makes collective bargaining seem a little more attractive eh? Fired workers burn Indian executive to death BHUBANESHWAR, India — Indian police detained two people after an angry mob of fired workers burned to death a senior executive of a steel factory, an official said Friday. After learning they were laid off, about a dozen workers attacked a vehicle carrying Radhey Shyam Roy as he was leaving the factory in eastern Orissa state on Thursday, dousing the Jeep with gasoline and setting it on fire, said police Superintendent Ajay Kumar Sarangi. Two other people in the vehicle were allowed to flee but Roy, 59, was trapped inside and later died of severe burns, Sarangi said. Police were questioning two workers and their formal arrest on murder charges was likely, Sarangi told The Associated Press. The steel factory is in Bolangir district, nearly 250 miles (400 kilometers) west of Bhubaneshwar, the capital of Orissa state. Incidents of industrial violence are common in India, where workers often target executives in cases of wage disputes and job losses. In 2008, scores of dismissed employees of an Italian manufacturing company, Graziano Transmissioni India, used iron rods and wooden sticks to beat to death the company's local chief executive officer on the outskirts of New Delhi.
It's not far fetched. Labor disputes used to be settled with murders here in the US too. I just finished a book on the Herrin Massacre.
The story doesn't say whether or not he was armed. He might have stood a chance of living had he been. Poor guy...
I can see why the workers were outraged. But do you seriously want to kill someone to ruin your life in long run? Obviously rage was controlling there thoughts and actions.
A strong reason to rethink taking management positions in some countries. Of course if he had a gun...........
