평생학습 관점에서 고찰한 한국 노동교육 법제의 현황과 발전 방향: 노동조합 부설 평생교육시설에 대한 입법론적 검토를 중심으로

This study aims to suggest developmental directions for the legal system of labor education in South Korea by exploring its current state and defects in order to expand workers' opportunities for lifelong learning. In South Korea, the term labor education is broadly understood as a term that includes every type of education related to labor, such as vocational training and industrial relations education, although it is generally used to refer to trade union education in foreign countries. In addition, the types of labor education can be classified by who provides the educational service: workers, employers, or the government. As labor education abroad has had a long history abroad and has developed in connection with various pertinent legal systems, labor education in South Korea has become a social system since the 1960s. However, the current legal system for labor education in South Korea is focused on vocational training and labor education led by the government and employers. Thus, South Korea needs more labor education led by workers to facilitate learner-centered labor education in the future. In this context, trade union-affiliated lifelong education facilities can be considered to be introduced to the Lifelong Education Act in that politically neutral trade unions should be provided with the government’s administrative and financial support. Based on the detailed discussion about the legislation, a final amendment draft of trade union-affiliated lifelong education facilities in the Lifelong Education Act is suggested in terms of labor education led by workers.