방송의 공정성과 근로조건

Abstract

Since the launch of the Korea Communications Commission(KCC), a direct organization of the President of the Republic of Korea, in 2008, there have been many labor-management conflicts over the selection of presidents and unfair reporting at public-owned broadcasting companies such as KBS, MBC and YTN. In 2012, there was a general strike by broadcasting companies that demanded 'fairness of broadcasting' and 'president's resignation'. As a result, the issue of 'fairness of broadcasting' or 'fair reporting' has emerged as a national concern. In particular, the question of 'Can the guarantee for fairness of broadcasting be the purpose of industrial action as a working condition?' has become a hot topic in the labor community. On the above issue, first of all, there are disputes over 'what is the meaning of fairness of broadcasting' and 'who is responsible for fairness of broadcasting'. Meanwhile, to this day, due to lack of concrete and detailed discussions on working conditions as the purpose of industrial action, it is difficult to come up with a reasonable answer on whether the issue of fairness of broadcasting corresponds to the working conditions of broadcasting workers. Thus, in this article, the meaning of ‘fairness of broadcasting’ and debates on the subject of ‘fairness obligation of broadcasting’ were first summarized. In addition, the overall details of 'working conditions' such as the meaning, nature and scope of 'working conditions' were reviewed in more depth. Further, considering the subject of ‘fairness obligation of broadcasting’, the contents of the Broadcasting Act and Broadcasting Editorial Code, characteristics of the broadcasting business, and the nature and contents of the work performed by the broadcasting workers, it was reviewed whether the guarantee for fairness of broadcasting can be the purpose of industrial action as a working condition of broadcasting workers.