Although its leadership co-operated with the Government, a violent strike in 1949 demanding better wages, benefits, and working conditions was brutally suppressed by government troops; at the time, all strikes were seen by government officials as a form of insurrection.
Although its leadership co-operated with the Government, a strike in 1949 demanding better wages, better working conditions, pensions, housing, and protesting discrimination against Ethiopians in Dire Dawa by the French and Greek employees was brutally suppressed by government troops. At the time, all strikes were seen by government officials as a form of insurrection.