Agriculture workers stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Labour to protest against the new obligation for foreign workers to benefit from social security
Country:
Jordan
Date:
10/11/2021
Description:
Agriculture workers stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Labour to protest against the new obligation for foreign workers to benefit from social security. This provision will engage further expenses. They already suffer important financial losses due to Covid-19 and drought, and more than fourty thousand farmers are sued in courts due to their unsolvability.
Actors / Mobilising structures:
Workers group: Agriculture workers
Mode of action:
Sit-in
Objective:
Protest of a policy / Governmental measure
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA:
Policy grievances
Spatial characteristics:
Location on national territory: Governorate level
Frequency:
One off
State response:
N/A
Location:
Amman