Organized by the Korean Public Service and Transport Workers' Union (KPTU) and its research arm, the Public Policy Institute for People (PPIP), this bi-annual publication aims to highlight a growing global trend of (re)municipalisation and various efforts and strategies made by trade unions and social movement organisations to strengthen public services including energy, health care and transport.
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In the featured articles, this issue brings an evaluation of the current Korean government's fiscal policy of austerity and tax cuts for the wealthy, as well as public sector policies.
It also looks at the possibility of introducing a windfall tax and public banks in Korea as an alternative source of public funding.
In addition to the main articles, there are various sectoral articles, including the story of the KPTU delegation to the PSI Congress and alternatives to the public care system with a critique of the current Korean government's policy of marketising care, as follows:
Health and Care
The Yoon Seok-yeol Government's risky venture into care marketization (Lee Jae-hun, KPTU-PPIP)
Seoul PASS workers' struggle against job insecurity (Oh Dae-hee, KPTU Seoul PASS branch)
Public integrated home care service centers as the future of public care (Kim Jin-seok, Seoul Women's University)
PSI LongTerm Care Network (Huma Haq, PSI)
The struggle to put health and care workers' rights in the Pandemic Treaty (Susana Barria, PSI)
Energy
Let's join the public renewable energy movement together (Ku Jun-mo, Korean Labour and Social Network on Energy)
The “O” Word: Why the Next Global Green New Deal Must Make Public Ownership of Energy a Priority (Sean Sweeney, TUED)
Transport
The impact of private equity on the bus industry: current status and challenges (Lee Young-su, KPTU-PPIP)
ITF's launches metro workers&rsquo network (Bruno Dobrusin, ITF)
Great British rail & rail restructuring in the UK (Carlos Barros, RMT)
Pension
Pension system in Chile (Elías Gutiérrez Hidalgo, FESIMETRO)