Gig workers fuel a new uprising

Green jacket, red fury: A delivery rider holding Affan’s portrait during a protest outside the Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Police headquarters on Aug 29. The 21-year-old’s death ignited nationwide unrest, with anger over inequality setting the demonstrations apart and exposing the fragile economic reality of millions of Indonesia’s gig workers. — AFP

Raden Igun Wicaksono has a warning for Indonesia’s leaders: the fight is just getting started.

The chairman of one of the country’s largest motorcycle taxi associations has promised “greater and greater escalation”, warning that millions of drivers are ready to ignite what he calls the Ojol Revolution, “ojol” being a shorthand for motorcycle taxi drivers booked through apps like Gojek or Grab.