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- Seanad: Benchmarking: Motion. (8 Oct 2003)
Charlie McCreevy: ...to the establishment of the public service benchmarking body, the public service pay scene was very unsettled. They will recall a series of disputes, particularly the nurses' strike and the "blue flu". The main cause of these disputes was rising wages in the private sector as the economy boomed and the labour market tightened. Unions wanted to catch up with the private sector as they felt...