The Coordination of Doctors employed at the Ministry of Health stage a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the Jordanian Professional Associations Complex to protest against the lack of attention by the Doctors' Union towards their demands

Country: 
Jordan
Date: 
20/01/2020
Description: 
The Coordination of Doctors employed at the Ministry of Health stage a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the Jordanian Professional Associations Complex to protest against the lack of attention by the Doctors' Union towards their demands, which include a better reclassification of doctors in the Civil Service scale system, and the reinstitution of several welfare and retirement allowances which had been cut from the Doctors' Union Fund
Actors / Mobilising structures: 
Workers group: Healthcare workers
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: 
Bargaining
Location: 
Amman