And this brings us to why collective bargaining in this country is so slow and ineffective. Why is the Government forced to do the heavy lifting around lifting minimum wage when, historically, this country has relied on collective bargaining to carry out the role of the wage distribution. The answer is in the report of the Fair Pay Agreement Working Group, chaired by the Rt Hon Jim Bolger, who said, "New Zealand sits at the far end of the decentralised spectrum. Although our current system permits voluntary sector bargaining, in practice most bargaining takes place at the enterprise level, although there is some bargaining among groups of employers within a sector, through a MECA." multi-employer collective agreements (MECA) are mainly found within the public sector—mainly in health and education. Workers have tried consistently over and over again to bargain, but they failed. They failed, but this bill is going to improve that.