Careem drivers stage a sit-in outside Careem's headquarters in Amman to protest against the absence of response to their demands
Number of protestors:
50
Country:
Jordan
Date:
25/06/2022
Description:
Careem drivers stage a sit-in outside Careem's headquarters in Amman to protest against the absence of response to their demands. Their demands include restoring the previous price of trips, renewing their work permits through the Land Transport Regulatory Commission (LTRC) without referring to their companies, reducing the service charge deducted by companies to 15 %, canceling the 4% tax withheld from drivers by companies, aligning companies tarriffs with LTRC tarriffs, increasing penalties for companies that do not align with LTRC tarriffs, aligning job security standards with LTRC standards, conditioning the ban of drivers and removal of their work permits to LTRC approval and reducing work permit fees to 200 dinars.
Actors / Mobilising structures:
Workers group: Self-employed
Mode of action:
Sit-in
Objective:
Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...)
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA:
Policy grievances
Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights
Spatial characteristics:
Location on national territory: Governorate level
Frequency:
Episodic
State response:
N/A
Location:
Amman