20

In Senegal, the National Confederation of Senegalese Workers (CNTS) is present in the sector of passenger transportation through organisations called “driver groups” in the country's bus stations. During the elections for the representatives of these organisations, the confrontation was open, leading almost all candidates to resort to outside arbitration. In this context, the autonomy granted to these groups in designating their representatives increases their dependence on the regional and national levels of the union, as well as on the administration. This article examines the causal sequence of events leading to such a counter-intuitive phenomenon.