Engineers working in the public sector inaugurate an open-ended strike to obtain an increase of their technical allowance

Country: 
Jordan
Date: 
08/01/2020
Description: 
Engineers working in the public sector hold a sit-in at the Ministry of Infrastructure to ask for an increase of their technical allowance from 145% to 180%, inaugurating an open-ended strike
Actors / Mobilising structures: 
Workers group: Public Sector
Multi-organisational field (collaboration, allies): 
Labour Union / Syndicate / Order
Mode of action: 
Sit-in
Strike / Strike announcement
Objective: 
Demands for rights / Services
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA: 
Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights
Spatial characteristics: 
Location on national territory: Governorate level
Frequency: 
Continuous
State response: 
N/A
Location: 
Amman