Teachers stage a sit-in outside the Jerash Directorate of Education to protest the transfer of 6 colleagues to faraway schools

Country: 
Jordan
Date: 
20/09/2022
Description: 
Teachers stage a sit-in outside the Jerash Directorate of Education to protest the transfer of 6 colleagues to faraway schools. The 6 teachers are members of the Teachers' syndicate. Security forces arrested 14 teachers who took part in the sit-in.
Actors / Mobilising structures: 
Workers group: Union / Syndicate
Workers group: School teachers / University professors
Mode of action: 
Sit-in
Objective: 
Protest of a policy / Governmental measure
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA: 
Policy grievances
Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly
Spatial characteristics: 
Location on national territory: Governorate level
Frequency: 
Episodic
State response: 
Repression
Location: 
Jerash