A baby girl was dangled from a window like in an incident involving singer Michael Jackson, a court has heard.
Staff at the Tayto factory in Tandragee are to hold a strike action ballot in a row over pay.
Her father was threatening to drop the seven-month-old from the first floor window if his partner did not return to their flat, a prosecution lawyer said.
The Unite trade union said that workers have been told they will not receive a pay rise this year, apart from a minimum wage rise in October.
She was objecting to a bail application by Michael Connors, 20, from Glenwherry Court, Newtownabbey.
Spokesman Sean McKeever said staff were angry that Tayto were not negotiating.
He denied causing unnecessary suffering to the baby and threatening to kill her 17-year-old mother. Bail was refused.
A Tayto spokesman said there were 3% pay increases in January and October 2006, "and our intention is to pay a further 3.1% in October 2007".
The prosecution told Belfast High Court that police received a report last Monday that a drunk man was dangling a baby out of an upstairs window.
The lawyer said that a short time later, his girlfriend reported to police that "he was holding the baby by the wrists and then held her by only one wrist", and he would drop her if she didn't return.
Arrested
Police arrested Mr Connors and the baby was returned to her mother.
The parents are members of the travelling community. Mr Connors is originally from Newry, County Down, while Ms Moloney comes from England.
A defence lawyer said Mr Connors denied the charges and added: "His case is that he never put the child at risk."
He said the couple were having a heated argument and this may have led Ms Moloney to say things that did not happen. He added that the couple were due to to get married and were expecting a second child.
Refusing bail, Mr Justice Weir said whatever disagreement there may have been, it did not justify dangling a child out of a window.
