“It frightens the workers”: Military deployment sparks controversy at Dakar Dem Dikk

Dakar Dem Dikk unions went on strike Wednesday, while management called in the army to keep passenger services to the regions running. Diatta Fall, spokesperson for the union coordination and staff delegates, said military personnel took the company’s buses at around 7 a.m. He said workers were worried because, unlike previously recruited retired military drivers, those deployed had not been trained on Dakar Dem Dikk’s buses. The decision was made by chief executive Modou Bara Gaye.