This episode titled “I Want to Find Work” is the fourth in the podcast series “The Coming of a New Day” which highlights Tamkeen’s observations of the conditions of informal workers in various sectors.
This episode looks at the construction sector. It highlights the daily workers in this sector and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their situation. The main character is an Egyptian worker who has been in Jordan for six years now and is a daily worker. He recounts, with sadness, the difficulty of the curfew and the suspension of construction projects which led to many workers to remain without an income for months. So long as such workers are not registered under the social security umbrella, they will be exposed to the lack of social protection and the compensation of work injuries.