Fired during COVID, Bali’s low paid now demand double the pay

Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia – Made, an Airbnb host who manages a luxury villa on Bali’s sultry west coast, spent two months looking for a gardener after the last one quit without notice.

“I advertised on Facebook five times, gradually increasing the salary until the fifth time when I found someone,” Made, who like many Indonesians goes by only one name, told Al Jazeera.  “By then I had increased the salary by 60 percent.”

Made’s experience is far from unique on the popular…