Ammon News - Jordan Times - Jordan Press Foundation (JPF) employees resumed their sit-in on Monday in protest against the “administration’s failure to honour an agreement it signed with them in 2011”.

As part of escalatory measures they plan to take, a number of JPF employees formed a human chain outside the foundation’s premises, chanting slogans calling on the administration to respond to their demands.

In a tent set up in the JPF yard, protest organisers said that they would continue with their escalatory action in a way that “does not affect work or public life”.

Those who took the podium in the tent said their demands were not “financial as claimed by the administration” but “centred on protecting Al Rai newspaper and preserving its prestige as a national institution”.

During a meeting with representatives of the protesters last week, MP Ahmad Jaloudi (Amman, 1st District) expressed his support for their “just demands” and said he will convey them to his fellow deputies.

Jaloudi said he will push for delegating a group of MPs to resolve the disagreement between the employees and the JPF administration.

Also last week, the Jordan Press Association (JPA) voiced support for the “legitimate” demands of JPF employees.

In a statement, the JPA said it supports the ongoing sit-in staged by the foundation’s employees. JPA President Tareq Momani was quoted in the statement as calling on the JPF board to abide by the government-sponsored labour agreement signed in 2011 to avoid more tension.