공무원의 노동삼권에 관한 개헌방향의 검토

Raising the prospect of amendment to the Constitution made by the 9th reform in 1987, diverse proposals were presented by various political parties and civic groups on the amendment of the right-to-work of public officials. Especially, the discussion of constitutional amendment in the future would be influenced by the constitutional amendment proposed by the President Moon and the proposal of constitutional amendment by the Advisory Board of the National Assembly Constitutional Revision Committee. However, there are concerns for the gap among the proposals and being overly biased. Also, two things would be at issue;first, those who propose the amendment believe that labor's three primary rights can be applied to a public official exactly; second, it is ignored that radical extension labor's three primary rights to a public official may give rise to widespread discontent among people. From a long-term perspective, to strengthen guarantee of labor’s three primary rights for public service is most desirable. The radical reforms, however, will face implacable opposition or resistance from people. So, more moderate and gradual reforms may be preferable. In this context, the amendment of the President Moon on labor's three primary rights for a public official will be a realistic alternative than the proposal of constitutional amendment by the Advisory Board of the National Assembly Constitutional Revision Committee. In a case like that, it should not be overlooked that to strengthen labor's three primary rights for workers who are not public officials makes new problem such as the wide disparity of labor's three primary rights.