AMMAN —
According to
Jordanian Teachers’ Syndicate spokesperson Nour Aldeen Nadeem,
140,000 members may have been affected since the association was suspended on
December 31, 2020, as they were benefiting from the social, economic,
logistical, and labor services provided by it.
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“The syndicate
is still in existence, but it was suspended by a public prosecutor decision
until July 25, 2022,” Nadeem told
Jordan News, adding that “a government
committee was formed to supervise the syndicate, headed by Nawaf Al-Ajarmeh,
the Ministry of Education’s secretary general for educational affairs.”
Local media
reported that the government is studying several scenarios for the syndicate to
return to work in the coming period, as new elections will be held to choose a
new council, as stipulated by law.
“The syndicate
is now suspended by order of the judiciary,” Ajarmeh said, adding that “it is
not possible to know what is going to happen, as long as the issue is not
resolved” legally.
The Jordanian
Teachers’ Syndicate is a professional union founded in 2011 by Law No. 14 to
represent teachers in Jordan.
“No one has the
right to dissolve or abolish the syndicate except by law,” Nadeem said,
stressing the fact that the association plays an important role in defending
teachers’ rights.
“Abuse of
teachers’ rights has increased, especially in the private sector. There is no
one to defend them, follow up on their cases, or show the extent of abuse of
their rights,” he said.
But Ajarmeh
disagrees. “Stopping the syndicate from working did not affect teachers in any
way, as the
Ministry of Education preserves and protects teachers’ rights,” he
said, adding that “the ministry is open to considering the challenges facing
the educational sector in general”.
Nadeem insists
that “the syndicate was part of the economic wheel in Jordan’s economy, as it
brought benefits to the country, the citizens, and its teachers. Now it has
stopped”.
The suspension
of the syndicate, he said, was “the decision of a public prosecutor, and not a
judicial decision”. It “represents an unjustified union disruption”, at a time
“a decline was recorded in Jordan’s ranking globally in the field of human
rights and labor rights provided by unions,” he said, assuring that those who
commit any legal violation will be held accountable according to the law.
The syndicate’s lawyer,
Bassam Freihat, said he expects the decision suspending the association to be
cancelled and the association to be allowed to resume work, adding that he
expects the case “to be closed by July”.
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