[IRSP044]

Up to 100 people have been arrested for attacking managers and executives at India's top carmaker - Maruti Suzuki plant. The chaos left one dead and many injured, forcing the plant to suspend its operations.

A burned body had been recovered from the plant's main conference room after clashes between workers and executives erupted late on Wednesday. The body was identified as a General Manager in the Human Resource department of the company.

Ninety nine workers have been already arrested following the violence, which charges ranging from murder, attempted murder, infliction of grievous bodily harm and rioting. Police say more arrests are likely to come over the next 48 hours – most of those accused are union leaders and workers.
The rampage in which up to 95 people were injured, including nine police officers, was reportedly sparked by a conflict between a shop floor employee and a supervisor. But eyewitnesses say there had been tension at the plant since 6 pm Wednesday over ongoing talks on wage revision.

The altercation reportedly instigated a fight between the workers and the executives which ended up with property being set afire, offices ransacked, and facilities damaged. The production at the plant has been suspended following the incident, though the plant’s authorities insist that the production lines have not been damaged.

Meanwhile, local media reports have emerged suggesting that the attack was pre-planned and not the result of spontaneous labor unrest.

"It was a pre-planned attack; we weren't able to understand it at that time. After a meeting ended, they started beating us, vandalizing the office, machines and even some cars," local news channel quoted an injured Maruti Suzuki employee as saying.

The Maruti Suzuki plant in Manesar, located some 50 kilometers from New Delhi, employs 2,000 people and produces up to 1,200 of Maruti's top-selling Swift and A-Star hatchbacks and SX4 sedans daily.

Shares in Maruti Suzuki dropped more than nine per cent on Thursday at the Bombay Stock Exchange as investors worried about the impact on production.

This is not the first case of unrest at the Manesar plant. Last year, Maruti Suzuki witnessed three separate instances of labor unrest at the plant, with wages named as the primary cause. There was a 13-day strike in June 2011 that brought production to a standstill.

It was followed by another standoff between the management and the workers on August 29 that lasted 33 days. In October 2011, the company again saw its workers going on a 14-day strike.
An extended shutdown this year would be a major blow for the plant.

http://www.rt.com/news/india-suzuki-plant-clashes-567/




It seems some workers won't like down and take crap from the Capitalists!

[Joinedup]

(Original post by IRSP044)
It seems some workers won't like down and take crap from the Capitalists!

someone got killed... Hilarious :/

[Aj12]

How do you know this has anything to do with capitalism? All the article says is that the attack was pre planned and not the result of spontaneous labour unrest. For all we know they could have burned the guy alive because they did not get a raise they want, or hell because they did't like the guy's shoes. Neither points to a hate of capitalism

[IRSP044]

(Original post by Aj12)
How do you know this has anything to do with capitalism? All the article says is that the attack was pre planned and not the result of spontaneous labour unrest. For all we know they could have burned the guy alive because they did not get a raise they want, or hell because they did't like the guy's shoes. Neither points to a hate of capitalism

Well it is in India. A country that the large corporations go to in order to take advantage of the non existent workers rights. There is only so much exploitation and cruelty workers will take before they react.

[Aj12]

(Original post by IRSP044)
Well it is in India. A country that the large corporations go to in order to take advantage of the non existent workers rights. There is only so much exploitation and cruelty workers will take before they react.

Well the workers have not released any kind of statement as to why they did this. It could have been for any number of reasons, very few of them have anything to do with capitalism. Even if its because they want better rights that does not mean they are opposing capitalism at all.

[cl_steele]

(Original post by IRSP044)
Well it is in India. A country that the large corporations go to in order to take advantage of the non existent workers rights. There is only so much exploitation and cruelty workers will take before they react.

Care to explain away places like China, Vietnam etc. then big coporations go there to use the cheap labour and Those two countries arent exactly capitalist...

[IRSP044]

(Original post by Aj12)
Well the workers have not released any kind of statement as to why they did this. It could have been for any number of reasons, very few of them have anything to do with capitalism. Even if its because they want better rights that does not mean they are opposing capitalism at all.

I didn't say they are principled revolutionary's or that they were even anti capitalist. But Workers taking action against the bosses like this is by default anti capitalist.

[Aj12]

(Original post by IRSP044)
I didn't say they are principled revolutionary's or that they were even anti capitalist. But Workers taking action against the bosses like this is by default anti capitalist.

Not really. If they want better condition's and higher wages this just allows them to take a bigger part in the capitalist system. Anti capitalist would be trying to overturn the system, banning private enterprise and calling for this company to be bought up by the state. You said they would't take crap from capitalists, if not anti capitalists what does this make them?

[Ham22]

planned labour unrest then.

[IRSP044]

(Original post by Aj12)
Not really. If they want better condition's and higher wages this just allows them to take a bigger part in the capitalist system. Anti capitalist would be trying to overturn the system, banning private enterprise and calling for this company to be bought up by the state. You said they would't take crap from capitalists, if not anti capitalists what does this make them?

Yes I said they won't take crap from the capitalists AKA the bosses. That doesn't make them anything except workers rising up against the bosses.

[DorianGrayism]

So...burning the Human Resources General Manager to death is anti - capitalist?

What exactly is this meant to achieve? They are more likely to lose their job than to get a pay rise.

[DorianGrayism]

(Original post by IRSP044)
Yes I said they won't take crap from the capitalists AKA the bosses. That doesn't make them anything except workers rising up against the bosses.

A Human Resources General Manager is not a capitalist or the boss or the person who decides wages.

They murdered someone because they are moronic thugs.

[don_lad_]

(Original post by IRSP044)
Well it is in India. A country that the large corporations go to in order to take advantage of the non existent workers rights. There is only so much exploitation and cruelty workers will take before they react.

it does seem as though you're putting words in their mouths a little. i'm well aware of the conditions of work in India but that doesn't necessarily mean they were the cause of this particular incident.