AMMAN — The National Committee for
Auxiliary Health Occupation called on the concerned authorities to release the
draft law of the Union of Auxiliary Medical Occupation, claiming that its
workers do not have a union or a legal umbrella to defend and protect their
rights.
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A member of the committee who spoke
on condition of anonymity told
Jordan News that the demands are many, but
the most prominent is the release of a union law, "especially since we
have had approval for the establishment of a union since 2012".
He added that since the onset of the
COVID-19 pandemic, the burden on workers in this sector has increased, "yet,
unfortunately, despite that, we do not enjoy the rights we deserve, like the
rest of our colleagues who work under a legal umbrella that protects them".
He also said that a few of their
demands were fulfilled, however, "the release of the union law is our most
important and prominent demand".
Alaa, an auxiliary health worker who
refused to give his name, told
Jordan News that he and his colleagues
have been asking for a long time to have their professional status improved, just
like that of the rest of the professionals working for the
Ministry of Health.
He also said that they are more at
risk than others, so it is important that they be granted an allowance for hazardous
work, as well as a transportation allowance, for everyone, without exception,
and an overtime allowance for whoever it applies.
He stressed that a union would
contribute to improving the auxiliary health workers’ social and economic
status and protecting their rights, saying that "I call on the government
to take this demand seriously and to issue the draft law as soon as
possible."
An official source at the
Legislation and Opinion Bureau told
Jordan News that "the bureau
has to review each draft law submitted to us, whereas legal experts study each
law in order to submit it to another authority, such as the
Lower House of Parliament, for example. Once the bureau has finished all the necessary legal
procedures, it will issue the draft law without any delay”.
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