한국 공공기관 노동이사제도의 형성과 성격

Based on historical institutionalism, this paper explains the formation and nature of the labor director system in public institutions. It explains how the institution was created, paying attention to the historical context and process, and the strategy and conflict of the social coalitions. The nature of the system is explained by focusing on three factors: (1) the selection of directors (2) the qualifications, roles, and positions of directors, and (3) the ratio of labor directors to the board of directors. Since 2007, the social coalition made up of political parties and labor groups who want to create the system, and the social coalition composed of political parties, business circles, and bureaucrats who want to prevent the system are opposed to each other, and the system had not been enacted. After 2020, the ruling party leaders and presidential candidates have shown a strong will to implement the system, putting pressure on the opposition party. Under this circumstance, the social coalition against the system collapsed when a powerful presidential candidate from the opposition party favored the system based on the necessity of nuclear power. Eventually, the system was created, but it was the government departments that were passive in the system that led the system creation, and the system was made to curb labor participation in management.