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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small poultry farmers stage a sit-in in Amman to demand greater state protection against the concurrence of larger farms | Workers group: Self-employed, Workers group: Agriculture workers | Corporatist grievances | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | October 8, 2018 |
| As their open-ended strike enters the second day, municipality workers stage a mass sit-in in front of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs to repeat their demands for better labor conditions | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, 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 | October 9, 2018 |
| 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 | |
| Agricultural engineers employed at the Greater Amman Municipality stage a sit-in to demand equal labor treatment with the rest of their peers | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, 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 | http://labor-watch.net/ar/read-news/131047 | Jordan | October 16, 2018 |
| Workers of the Jordan Petroleum Refinery (Aqaba) stage a protest sit-in to protest the suspension of their health insurance allowances by the company and to demand safer and healthier 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 | Aqaba | Jordan | October 28, 2018 |
| Drivers of the bus company Jett hold a sit-in in front of the company headquarter in Amman to demand salary rises and protest the company's repeated violation of workers' labor rights | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Amman | Jordan | October 29, 2018 |
| Teachers working in the Syrian refugee camps of Azraq and Mraijeeb Al-Fhood inaugurate an open-ended strike to demand the payment of their back wages | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Azraq. Zarqa | Jordan | October 30, 2018 |
| 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 | |
| As their open-ended strike continues, municipal workers stage a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs to protest against the transfer of 36 colleagues from the Irbid Municipality, considered as a retaliation for their political activity | Workers group: Public Sector | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Amman | Jordan | November 4, 2018 |
| Journalists of the Jordanian News Agency PETRA stage a sit-in in front of the Prime Minister palace to protest against the government policy excludng them from the beneficiaries of the system of premiums foreseen for the affiliates to the JPA | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | November 12, 2018 |