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Sat 03 Mar 2007Gender pay gaps could widen, Siptu forum toldSome women and migrant workers were seen as "sources of cheap and pliable labour" and were taking the brunt of relentless pursuit of profits by unscrupulous business interests, a trade union leader said yesterday.Both sectors were particularly open to being exploited and gender pay gaps could well widen, Siptu general secretary Joe O'Flynn warned .