Ammon News - By Rashid Assaf

AMMONNEWS -Dozens of day-laborers working for the Ministry of Agriculture staged a sit-in in front of agriculture department on Wednesday, in the southern city of Karak in protest of unfair work conditions.

They demanding their work rights, appointed as employees not day-laborers, and increasing their wages and benefits, the workers spokesperson Shrooq Halaseh told Ammon News .


Halaseh accused the previous governments of 'lagging' despite repeated promises, and hoped that the new government would resolve their problem through endorsing a law to protect them and give them their rights and job security.

The Agriculture Ministry day-laborers' crisis with the government resurfaced this week after it stirred major controversy last year during PM Samir Rifai's government, this week with 260 Karak day-laborers protesting, some of whom hold university degrees but getting wages that reach a maximum of JD 170.

About 1300 day-laborers working for several Ministries in Karak including 380 working for Agriculture Ministry.


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