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abstract: 'Neoliberal policies of industrial relations decentralisation and
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privatisation have transformed the economic landscape of Australia in
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the last 20 years. The primary objective of these policies has been to
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enhance wealth and prosperity by improving productivity and flexibility
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of the workforce and competition and accountability in the market. Yet
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the evidence suggests that precarious workers are not benefiting from
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this increased prosperity, indeed they suffer by comparison with all
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other workers. Cleaners are a subset of precarious workers who have been
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hard hit by the dual impacts of labour market decentralisation and
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privatisation. This study finds quantitative evidence of an increasing
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gap in earnings between cleaners and other workers in Australia since
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the onset of workplace relations decentralisation and the proliferation
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of privatisation in the mid 1990s. We locate our argument in recent
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debates about the nature of variegated neoliberalism, the emergence of
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the networked economy, and the implications of these developments for
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the nature of work and employment.'
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affiliation: 'Holley, S (Corresponding Author), Univ Sydney, Sch Work \& Org Studies,
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Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
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Holley, Sasha, Univ Sydney, Sch Work \& Org Studies, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
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Rainnie, Al, Curtin Univ Technol, Grad Sch Business, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.'
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author: Holley, Sasha and Rainnie, Al
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author-email: 'sasha.holley@sydney.edu.au
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al.rainnie@gsb.curtin.edu.au'
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author_list:
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- family: Holley
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given: Sasha
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- family: Rainnie
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given: Al
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1177/103530461202300109
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eissn: 1838-2673
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files: []
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issn: 1035-3046
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journal: ECONOMIC AND LABOUR RELATIONS REVIEW
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keywords: 'Cleaners; income disparity; networked economy; outsourcing; precarious
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work; privatisation and decentralisation; vulnerable; low-paid workers'
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keywords-plus: WORK; HEALTH; LABOR
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language: English
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month: FEB
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number: '1'
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number-of-cited-references: '63'
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orcid-numbers: Rainnie, Alistair/0000-0001-6071-4193
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pages: 143-160
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papis_id: 13b43d4139a03656fd964fa8eb7ca622
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ref: Holley2012whocleans
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times-cited: '11'
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title: Who Cleans Up? The Declining Earnings Position of Cleaners in Australia
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000307081300009
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '15'
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volume: '23'
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web-of-science-categories: Economics; Industrial Relations \& Labor
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year: '2012'
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