기사
Labor Solidarity in the Era of Neoliberal Globalization
- 개인저자
- Lee, Byoung-Hoon
- 수록페이지
- 319-334 p.
- 발행일자
- 2011.12.15
- 출판사
- Institute for Social Development and Policy Research, Seoul National University
초록
Under the context of neoliberal globalization, governments have pursued marketdriven
economic reform policies and large firms have adopted the business model of shortterm
profit maximization. In this context, intensification of labor polarization has
produced growing concerns over the solidarity crisis faced by the labor movement in Korea,
which reveals serious weaknesses in internal and external solidarity requiring rectification
in order to overcome labor polarization. Internal solidarity of the labor movement in
Korea has been weakened by union members’ attitude of self-interest toward job security
and economic gain, by fragmented co-worker relations, and by intensified competition
among activist factions for political power within unions. The most crucial factor
constraining external solidarity of the Korean labor movement is the legacy of enterprise
unionism, which has produced differentiated interest structures between organized and
unorganized workers, while hindering the two worker groups from fostering a common
ground of union activities and political vision. Reflexive leadership of labor movement,
substantiation of industrial unionism, and fostering of communitarian activism are
recommended for revitalizing labor solidarity.