Teachers block the desert highway between Aqaba and Amman to demand a 50% salary raise

Country: 
Jordan
Date: 
05/09/2019
Description: 
Teachers block the desert highway between Irbid and Amman demanding a 50% salary raise, as security forces prevented them from reaching Amman's Fourth Circle to demonstrate
Actors / Mobilising structures: 
Workers group: School teachers / University professors
Multi-organisational field (collaboration, allies): 
Labour Union / Syndicate / Order
Mode of action: 
Road blockade
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: 
Repression
Location: 
Desert highway (Aqaba-Amman)