AMMAN — UNRWA services in all areas of operation
were in a state of complete paralysis on Monday as the organization’s workers
went on strike, threatening that this strike was just a warning sign, and that
if their demands were not met an open strike would take place on Thursday.
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UNRWA
Workers Union in Jordan earlier announced that November 29 would be a
full-fledged strike, whereby services would be halted, and the doors of schools
and health centers would not be opened.
Head
of UNRWA Workers Union, Riyad Zygan said health workers, students, teachers,
and cleaners stayed home as services were suspended, describing cases of piled
waste and sick people not being able to find medical attention, noting that
Monday was chosen to coincide with the day of solidarity with the Palestinian
people.
The
union is demanding to cancel the imposed exceptional leave without pay, in
addition to other demands related wages, bonuses, recruitment, and end of
service compensation.
Mustafa Abu Jaber, a social activist in Al-Baqaa
camp — with a population of 170,000, of which 150,000 are Palestinian refugees
— described the situation at the camps as though there was a public safety
hazard, “as garbage bags were piled in alleys,” but that the camp residents
stand with the workers and teachers in their demands, despite the fact that
residents rely on UNRWA services, acknowledging a recent decline in the
standard of some services.
The strike was
observed at schools and centers operating under UNRWA umbrella in Gaza and the
West Bank, as well as refugee camps in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
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