Once again, it comes suspiciously larded in the language of envy (shadowy moneymen are dodging taxes that decent workers pay).
Attorney general George Brandis took the plan to cabinet "under the line" on Monday and it was approved by the Coalition party room on Tuesday, where Tony Abbott said he wanted to use the issue to prove Labor was "torn between workers and greens", whereas the Coalition was always on the side of the "hard-working and decent" workers.
The Unite assistant general secretary, Gail Cartmail, said: "The report is a damning indictment of the underhand and cruel tactics that the construction industry employed against decent workers prepared to stand up and be counted on such issues as health and safety.
We have already seen meaningful evidence of bosses cowing to Millennial demands, as the latter use strong-handed techniques (it's either my way or the highway) and feed off of growing concerns (where will we find decent workers amongst these many brats?) in to get their way and grab hold of leadership opportunities.
I am confident that the decent honest workers and the decent honest businesses of this country can with assistance from state and federal government, build a good future and that is our challenge – to get the fundamentals right so the decent, honest workers and the decent, honest businesses of this country can flourish".
Jansen claims he clocks a decent 3,400 worker-hours to build each four-seat Ovation 2. Raytheon burns about 6,000 hours cranking out a six-seat Beech Bonanza, but Cirrus Design, Mooney's toughest competitor, needs just 1,900 hours to mold its all-fiberglass four-seat SR22.
Its employees are members of United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500 which means the "fair" in Fairway stands for fair wages and decent benefits workers.
What is needed are not divisive notions of industrial justice that pitch one group of workers against another, but solidarity that stresses the right of all workers, including temporary migrant workers, to decent work.
The ILO is currently adopting a new labour standard on decent work for domestic workers, that will also address the issue of minimum wages and protections.
