"Al-Rai and Jordan Times did not publish today after employees at the Jordan Press Foundation, which publishes the two dailies, observed a one-day strike on Monday," al-Rai said in a statement on its website.
It added that the strike “came in protest at government interference and procrastination in implementing a 2011 labor agreement” on incomes.
The Jordan Times staff also stated in a statement that the move came following the appointment of a new board of directors led by the country’s ex-interior minister, Mazen Saket, who is called by the strikers as an “enemy of press freedoms.”
The staff of the English-language daily also criticized Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour.
The employees “have started a boycott of the news of the prime minister and his government, citing the negative responses they have received from the government,” the daily added.
On November 6, police stormed the office building of the government-owned al-Rai as its staff were protesting delayed wages and corruption in the government.
Jordan has witnessed demonstrations since January 2011, with protesters demanding political reforms that include the election of the country’s prime minister by popular vote and an end to government corruption.
Jordanian protesters say the government has failed to take proper action to improve the ailing economy of the country.
