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.
Displaying 21 - 30 of 826
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| The Jordanian Teachers' Association organizes a nationwide solidarity march with the union in defiance of the wave of preemptive arrests | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | March | Support of a cause, Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Jordan | June 30, 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 | |
| Over 1000 Careem drivers inaugurate an open-ended strike to protest against the rise in the commission rates | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporate grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jordan | July 13, 2021 | |
| After the failure of the barganing with the government, the workers of 65 municipalities out of 100 resume an open-ended strike to obtain full satisfaction of their demands for greater social security rights and labor allowances | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Jordan | October 31, 2018 | |
| Public school teachers inaugurate an open-ended strike to demand salary raises | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Bargaining | Jordan | September 8, 2019 | |
| Online campaign to protest against the gas deal between Jordan and Israel | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Regional / Political grievances | Online campaign | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jordan | September 24, 2021 | |
| Judges' assistants of the Department of Sharia Courts inaugurate an open-ended strike demanding equal labor treatment with the rest of the employees of the Ministry of Justice | Workers group: Public Sector | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Jordan | September 23, 2018 | |
| Public bus drivers inaugurate an open-ended strike to protest the government decision to reduce the public transport capacity due to Covid-19 pandemic, demanding compensations | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Strike / Strike announcement | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure, Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jordan | March 13, 2021 | |
| Engineers working at the Ministry of Education inaugurate an open-ended strike to obtain a 150% salary raise and equal labor treatment with the rest of the engineers employed in the public sector | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Jordan | October 14, 2018 |