Liabilities and roles of Y University are demanded by considering the subcontracting structure of this case. Service contract through competitive bidding makes it possible to select a company that offers the lowest fee, and therefore, it is difficult for the contractor to improve the wages and treatment of the cleaning workers in order to reduce costs. So, the wages and treatment of the cleaning workers are ‘a problem that only Y University can solve.’ On the other hand, there is an opinion that this incident is meaningful in that it revealed the perspective of students on the collective behaviors of university members. Unlike this case and the majority of favorable opinions on the collective action of cleaning workers in the 2022 KBS poll on the collective action of cleaning workers in colleges, there were both strong negative and favorable opinions about the damages therefrom. The negative opinions were due to excessive noise from the rallies and biased logic and discriminatory remarks made by the protesters.605) Regarding this, some assert that it is necessary to recognize campus workers as essential part of the university.606) A social discussion that demands the university, not the workers, to take responsibility for the infringement of class rights and the problem of “damaging the school image” caused by the assembly and demonstrations of cleaning workers must be made. C) The Role of the Universities as a Party to the Labor Issues and Sympathy of School Members Outsourcing of work to a service company is essentially for cost reduction. It is a common phenomenon for the subcontract workers to be exposed to more risks of industrial accidents or perform work under poor conditions, as compared to the regular employees. However, in the process of outsourcing, it is a structural problem that preventive efforts and devices that protect the rights and safety of subcontracted workers are underestimated due to ‘cost’ 605) Financial News, “KCTU cannot tolerate assembly on campus,” “Improving the Working Conditions of the Cleaning Workers on the Backseat,” Oct. 25, 2022. 606) Yonsei Chunchu, [Special Report on Cleaning Workers-①] Reporting the university society that does not respect the essential labor, Aug. 28, 2022. 244

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