TRADE UNIONS IN TRANSFORMATION 4.0 LABOUR AND SOCIAL JUSTICE SAFETY FOR THE PUBLIC, RIGHTS FOR THE DRIVER South Korea’s transport workers campaign for safe rates Aelim Yun September 2020 Self-employed truck drivers have been dependent on la­bour intermediaries for precar­ious jobs even before digital platforms and apps have fur­ther increased work pressure. Based on the collective identity of being transport workers, they have organ­ized in the TruckSol Union and led strikes that impact­ed the logistics sector. Learning from their Austral­ian counterparts, the union campaigned for»Safe Rates«. Winning the argument that workers’ rights and public safety are connected, indus­try standards have been set.