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 451 - 460 of 826
Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location | Country | Date |
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Dozens of fishermen of the Aqaba region stage a boat protest against the government decision to extend the fishing moratorium for another two months | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Self-employed | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure, Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Aqaba | Jordan | June 9, 2021 |
Contract workers of the Aqaba Container Terminal stage a sit-in outside the Aqaba Development Corporation demanding to be employed as permanent workers | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Repression | Aqaba | Jordan | October 21, 2021 |
Taxi vehicles in Aqaba Governorate joined the strike of public transport and trucks. | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Support of a cause | N/A | Aqaba | Jordan | December 14, 2022 |
Dozens of employees at the purchaising services of the Aqaba Port Authority stage a sit-in in front of the main headquarter to protest against the outsourcing of the service to a private company and the reduction of their salaries | Workers group: Public Sector | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Aqaba | Jordan | February 26, 2019 |
Dozens of Aqaba Railway workers stage a sit-in to demand labor protection initiatives following the governmental decision to stop the work of the corporation | 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 1, 2018 |
The daily workers of the Aqaba Container Port Company stage a sit-in at the company's headquarter to demand permanent employment and full labor 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 | Aqaba | Jordan | August 17, 2021 |
Tribes in Aqaba stage a 3-day sit-in on the Municipality roundabout after one of their sons died during a security raidTribes in Aqaba stage a 3-day sit-in on the Municipality roundabout after one of their sons died during a security raid. They suspended | Clan member | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Procedural action | Aqaba | Jordan | April 19, 2022 |
Contract workers of the Aqaba Container Terminal stage a sit-in in front of the company's headquarter demanding to be employed as permanent workers | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Aqaba | Jordan | August 31, 2021 |
Security forces prevent Aqaba port workers from staging a sit-in in solidarity with their colleagues who died in their workplace after a container of chlorine gas blew up on June 27 | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Other | Repression | Aqaba | Jordan | June 29, 2022 |
Minibus drivers start an open-ended strike after the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority refused to grant them licenses to operate routes inside Aqaba SEZ | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporatist grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Bargaining | Aqaba | Jordan | July 15, 2022 |