대학 청소노동자의 직접고용 가능성에 관한 연구

This article starts with the question of why the university janitorial workers in Korea have emerged as a social issue and that there are still many strikes and protests at many universities. Janitors in Korea are commonly employed at companies for cleaning and building management and they are treated as non-regular workers at their working places such as public institutions, private businesses, universities, and hospitals. On the case analysis of Seoul Gyeongin Branch, Korean Public & Social Services and Transportation Workers Unions under Korean Congress of Trade Union(KCTU), which was evaluated as a successful story for organizing university janitorial workers, we have found that the university had a social symbolism and spatial openness and it was easy to form a union through the empathy for social justice. This shows that the university is expected to play an important role in enhancing the sustainability of our society, not only in education and research but also in the university operation because of university social responsibility. Nevertheless, most Korean universities still treat janitorial workers as workers of subcontracting companies. This indirect employment structure inevitably leads to job insecurity and low wage for janitorial workers. And this structure brings conflict all the time. Recently, however, some institutions in the public sector, including the Seoul Metropolitan City, has shifted to direct and regular employment for janitorial workers. It brought collective negotiations for direct employment at universities. Some leading universities suggest direct employment or better models. In this study, we analyzed the merits and expectations of direct employment, the disadvantages and obstacles, and listened to specific opinions through field interviews. We have noticed that there is a gap in the field to overcome between labor and management. And we emphasized that effective and sustainable policy-making and restoration of trust can reduce such gaps, and that the stability of employment and the improvement of working conditions of university janitorial worker can be accompanied by the development of universities.