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Wed 10 Oct 2007Aer Lingus poses threat to partnership - Siptu chiefThe president of the country's largest trade union Siptu has said that if social partnership is to survive, Government and employer representatives will have to bring into line companies such as Aer Lingus which are in clear breach of national agreements.He was commenting after Aer Lingus said yesterday that pay increases of 5 per cent due under the Towards 2016 agreement, as well as 2.5 per cent in increments due to staff, would not be paid until the airline's cost-cutting plan was put in place.