The strike consisted of two factions: skilledtechnicaland administration workers, mainly from Algeria's north, and unskilled drivers, primarily local Tuareg workers.
Restoring the electric grid after a severe power outage is a massively complex exercise that demands logistical expertise, highly-skilled technicalworkersand specialized equipment.
In fact, the largest portion of jobs in our labor market (nearly half) require some kind of technical training beyond a high school diploma, and these "middle-skill" jobs are experiencing the greatest shortages of skilledworkers.