한국경제지리학회지 (Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea)

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한국경제지리학회 (The Economic Geographical Society of Korea)
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노동자들의 다중스케일적 실천과 초국적 기업의 경제지리: 한국네슬레노동조합의 노동지리를 사례로

The Multi-Scalar Practices of the Labour and Economic Geography of TNCs: A Study on the Labour Geography of Nestlé Korea

  • 투고 : 2021.01.20
  • 심사 : 2021.03.24
  • 발행 : 2021.03.31
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초국적 기업에 대항하는 국내노동운동이 교착상태에 빠진 원인 중 하나는 "강한" 초국적 기업 vs. "약한" 노동자라는 공간적 인식과도 관련된다. 이러한 인식의 기저에는 초국적 기업은 추상적, 구조적인 존재로서 글로벌 스케일에서 자유롭게 움직이고, 노동자는 구체적이고, 연약한 존재로서 로컬 스케일에 속박된 것으로 재현되는 '글로벌-로컬의 이분법'이 놓여 있다. 본 논문은 "글로벌" 자본 vs. "로컬" 노동자라는 이분법을 깨기 위한 대안적 시각으로 노동지리학을 주목한다. 노동지리학은 노동자를 단순히 생산요인으로 간주하지 않고, 자본주의의 경관을 의도적 또는 비의도적으로 생산하는 행위자로 개념화한다. 다중스케일적 접근의 통찰을 빌려온 본 연구는 2003년 발생한 한국네슬레노동조합 파업을 사례로 노동자들이 사용하는 공간전략의 작동방식을 면밀히 분석하고자 한다. 본 사례연구를 통하여 저자는 노동자들이 다중스케일적 실천을 고안할 수 있는 역량이 있으며, 이는 초국적 기업의 자본주의 경관의 형성에 상당한 영향을 미칠 수 있음을 주장한다. 또한 다양한 스케일 상에 존재하는 정치적, 경제적, 문화적 요인들과 행위자들과의 역동적 상호작용의 결과로서 노동자들의 다중스케일적 실천은 매우 복합적, 다면적인 특성을 띠고 있음을 강조한다.

The current Korean labour movement is at an impasse that is partly sustained by the idea of "strong" transnational corporations (TNCs) versus "weak" labour, and this perception is based on the "global-local dichotomy," wherein TNCs are depicted as abstract and structured entities operating at the global scale and workers are represented as having a concrete and weak presence within the local sphere. As an alternative perspective to break this "global" capital vs. "local" labour dichotomy, I focus on labour geography, which assumes that labour is not simply a factor of production but a sentient spatial actor that (un-)intentionally produces the landscape of capitalism. Borrowing insights from the multi-scalar perspective, this paper aims to understand the actual methods in which workers utilize spatial strategies through an empirical case study of the Nestlé Korea labour union strike in 2003. Based on this case study, this paper claims that workers are both capable of employing coordinated multi-scalar practices and can be more influential to the economic geographies of TNCs. Additionally, it suggests that workers' scalar practices are actually more complicated and multi-directional as a result of their complex and dynamic interactions with political, economic and cultural forces and actors at diverse geographical scales.

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