Mapping of Collective Actions in Jordan
Publication Date: 2019
The mapping of collective actions in Jordan tracks mobilisations by groups of people whose goal is to achieve a common objective.
Each mapped collective action is based on a typology devised by the Centre for Social Sciences Research and Action.
The objective of this database is to explore collective actions by providing accurate data and relevant information on mobilisations happening in the country.
Explore the interactive charts below the table.
Data collection for this mapping is done by the CeSSRA team.
Information sources: Media reports, NGO reports, aid actors reports, as well as first-hand data collected by the CeSSRA team.
Period covered by data collection: September 1st, 2019 - till present.
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| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNRWA employees stage sit-ins outside UNRWA offices in UNRWA camps in Jordan to demand their rights | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jordan | November 16, 2021 | |
| Smart application drivers who work for Careem start an open-ended strike nationwide to protest the company's decision to decrease the price of the trips by 20% | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jordan | June 19, 2022 | |
| Uber drivers inaugurate an open-ended strike to protest against the service charges and the restrictive rating policies applied by the company | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Jordan | August 12, 2021 | |
| Hundreds of Talabat delivery workers strike nationwide to protest working conditions | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jordan | August 31, 2022 | |
| Journalists and website employees stage a sit-in in front of the Jordan Press Association headquarters in Amman to protest against proposed amendments to media-related regulations | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Bargaining | Jordan | September 5, 2021 | |
| UNRWA employees stage sit-ins outside UNRWA offices in UNRWA camps in Jordan to demand ther rights | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Jordan | November 24, 2021 | |
| Nurses working in governmental hospitals and care centres stage sit-ins nationwide to demand wage increases | Workers group: Healthcare workers | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Jordan | February 14, 2022 | |
| On World Teacher's Day, the dissolved Syndicate of teachers cancels its plan to stage sit-ins in the syndicate's branches, and invites teachers to participate to celebrations in schools in light of recent goodwill gestures made by Education Ministry | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Other | Celebration | Other | N/A | Jordan | October 5, 2021 | |
| Egyptian migrant workers organise an online campaign to demand the end of the Kafala system and a revision of the fees and fines applied to work | Workers group: Migrant workers | Policy grievances | Online campaign | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Jordan | April 12, 2021 | |
| Taxi drivers, shared taxi drivers and bus and minibus drivers hold a two-hour strike nationwide to protest the increase in fuel prices | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jordan | June 16, 2022 |