عربيKhaled Al-Fanatsa 10thumb_up0thumb_downKhaled Al-Fanatsa succeeds Maaytah as labor union president Published : 11-03-2024 18:13|Jordan Khaled Al-Fanatsa has succeeded Mazen Al-Maaytah as president of the General Federation of Labor Unions, as per the union's regulations. Al-Maaytah led the union for over 25 years.
Al-Fanatsa, a former MP and party activist, will also continue as president of the General Union of Workers in Mines, Mining, and Cement until mid-2026.
In 2022, representatives from 17 labor unions elected a 17-member executive council for a five-year term.
The Prosecutor General of the Integrity and Anti-Corruption Commission removed Maaita from union management due to alleged financial, administrative, and legal violations.
Al-Fanatsa, a member of the Centrist Charter Party's political bureau, previously chaired the Work Committee in the sixteenth and eighteenth House of Representatives.
The General Union of Jordanian Workers comprises 17 unions with approximately 120,000 members out of 730,000 private sector workers and a total workforce of 1.3 million Jordanians.