노동조합 대표권의 배제와 분절 - 한국과 영국의 노동자 그룹별 노조조직률 격차 분석 -

This paper explains the gaps in union organization rates among groups of workers in Korea in terms of exclusion and segmentation of union representation rights. It particularly aims to illuminate the characteristics of exclusion and segmentation of union representation rights and their causes in comparison with the British case. On the basis of the structural equation models, this paper aims to improve our understandings of this subject by considering factors directly and indirectly affecting union organization rates. Research outcomes could be summarized as follows. Union organization rates and their differences among different groups of workers in Korea are respectively lower and greater that the counterparts in OECD nations. Union organization rates are lower among female, young, and irregular workers which are especially vulnerable to market competition. It means that the peripheral group of workers faced greater difficulties in creating their organizations to effectively represent their economic, social, and political interests. On the other hand, as firms met greater competitive pressure, they tended to increase the proportions of female, young, and irregular workers. Such patter of the growth of peripheral groups of workers, who faced greater difficulties for joining unions or showed low possibilities of joining unions, contributed to reducing the union organization rates. Both growing competitive pressure and the decline of union organization rates led to greater segmentation of union representation rights among the peripheral groups of workers. Such tendency turns out to be similar in the analysis of unionized firms. In addition, the tendency of exclusion and segmentation of union representation rights in Korea turns out to be greater than in Britain.