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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Students of the Kura District stage a sit-in in front of the Education Department to protest against the new ministerial exam programs | Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Kura | Jordan | October 8, 2018 |
| The Independent Federation of Trade Unions of Municipality Workers of Jordan inaugurates an open-ended strike for municipality workers to obtain better working conditions | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, 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...) | Bargaining | Jordan | October 8, 2018 | |
| Jordanian doctors receiving/having received their degrees or specializations abroad stage a protest sit-in against the new national accreditation policies not recognizing legal validity to their titles | Workers group: Healthcare workers | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | October 2, 2018 |
| Parents of the students of the Sabaa Asir Secondary School for Girls, in the Northern Badia district, refrained from sending their children to school to protest against the failure of the directorate to protect the school from acts of vandalism at night | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Civil disobedience | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Northern Badia | Jordan | October 1, 2018 |