국내 금속산업 기업별 노조: 국제비교적인 시각에서 본 특성과 한계

This paper deals with the structural and functionl features of enterprise unionism as the prevailing union form in Korea as well as its limits in capacity for representation of interests of its rank-and-files An analytical framework was derived from the literature review of enterprise unions in advanced nations including Japan That framework illuminates and analyzes similarities and differences of three Korean enteprise unions in metal firms in comparison with the Japanese counterpart in criteria of origins of union formation, organization principles, features of rank-and-files, unions' organization security and its determinants, bargaining capacity, and dispute leverages In Korea, significant differences were the lack of employers' willingness and roles to pursue cooperative relations with unions, the absence of enterprise union federations at chaebol-level, unilaterally employer-led managerial changes threatening union security However, their similarities were observed in enterprise unions' organization principle exclusively organizing full-time employees, high economic and social statuses of rank-and-files in enterprise unions of large-sized firms, significance of firm-specific factors influencing organizational security of enterprise unions, limited bargaining and strike weapons owning reactive rather than proactive and strategic capacities.