영국 교원단체교섭의 체계와 의제에 관한 연구

The purpose of this paper is to examine the collective bargaining structure of school teachers in Britain. The paper also attempts to suggest the ways in which the collective bargaining agenda, which often causes conflict between school teachers' trade unions and the government in Korea,should be established. The previous studies on school teachers' industrial relations in Britain has narrowly focused on the contents of the relevant laws and the fundamental labour rights of school teachers, but never dealt with detailed collective bargaining processes and collective bargaining agendas. While the direct collective bargaining between employers and school teachers' trade unions at the local level plays crucial role, school teachers' pay and conditions are determined by the Schools Teachers'Review Body(STRB) at the national level. The pay determination mechanism throughout the STRB contributes to stabilizing the industrial relations in the education sector in Britain since employers and trade unions in the sector are able to avoid direct conflict regarding the determination of school teachers' pay, which is often one of the largest causes of labour conflict in general. With a history of more than a hundred years, the British experience on school teachers' industrial relations could provide meaningful insights and lessons for Korea. This study may contribute to finding alternatives for solving a serious industrial conflict between school teachers trade unions and the government in Korea.