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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employees of the Authority of the Special Economic Zone of Aqaba protest against the Authority's labour policies | Workers group: Public Sector | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Aqaba | Jordan | July 28, 2020 |
| Employees of the Business&Leadeship Incubator Department and of the Jordanian Knowledge Station of the Ministry of Economy hold a protest stand to demand equal labor rights with the rest of ministerial employees | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Amman | Jordan | February 16, 2020 |
| Employees of the Daraghmeh company in Ma'an governorate stage a sit-in in front of the company's building in protest against the company's failure to meet their demands and the threats of arbitrary dismissal of employees and closure of the company | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Ma'an | Jordan | June 5, 2022 |
| Employees of the Daraghmeh company in Ma'an governorate stage a sit-in in front of the company's building in protest against the company's failure to meet their demands and the threats of arbitrary dismissal of employees and closure of the company | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Ma'an | Jordan | June 8, 2022 |
| Employees of the directorate of the Jordan Valley Authority organise an open sit-in to ask for greater social security indemnities and the thirteenth and fourteenth month | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Deir Allah | Jordan | April 11, 2019 |
| Employees of the Education Directorate of the Northern Jordan Valley stage a sit-in to protest against the transfer of several school principals, judged as a political retaliation | Workers group: Public Sector | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Northern Jordan Valley | Jordan | September 24, 2018 |
| Employees of the Hashemite University (Amman) resume protest sit-ins to demand better labor conditions upon fruitless mediations | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Amman | Jordan | May 7, 2019 |
| Employees of the Hashemite University (Amman) stage a protest sit-in to demand better labor conditions | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Amman | Jordan | April 29, 2019 |
| Employees of the Jordanian-Syrian Company for Land Transport inaugurate an open-ended sit-in in front of the Ministry of Transportations to demand the payment of their back wages | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Amman | Jordan | June 7, 2021 |
| Employees of the Jordanian-Syrian Company for Land Transport staged a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Transport, to demand a payment of their salaries. | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jordan | October 5, 2022 |