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justifiable strikes are possible in essential public workplace? - legal issues in the 2009 railroad strike -

  • DONG-A LAW REVIEW
  • 2014, (62), pp.533-557
  • Publisher : The Institute for Legal Studies Dong-A University
  • Research Area : Social Science > Law

shin soo jung 1

1인하대학교

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ABSTRACT

Essential maintenance service which allows strikes in essential public service under certain conditions was introduced in December 30, 2006 through the revision of Labor Unions Act that previously ordered direct arbitration of essential public service. Nevertheless, as we can see from the 2009 railroad strike, industrial actions of essential public services still has hilly roads ahead. Judicial precedents can easily deny the legitimacy of industrial action and defines strike illegal. The press publishes it with heavy head lines. Moreover, the workers, who participated in the strike, are applied with civil, criminal, and disciplinary liability. This paper reviews 2009 railroad strike that occurred after introduction of essential maintenance service. It looks into the process and contents of the Railway Corporation's decision on essential maintenance service first. Then it finds out legal issues on the process and results of railroad union's strike.

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