Asda workers are making history. The result of this hearing will call time on the retailers undervaluing their predominantly women shop floor workers. The entire retail sector has been built on the structural undervaluing of women's work - but GMB members are changing this. When the court finds shop floor work is of equal value to warehouse work it will be time for ASDA's majority owners - TDR Capital - to get round the table and begin settlement talks to resolve the sex discrimination in ASDA's pay structure.
If successful, the bill for Asda could run into billions of pounds. This case is the latest step in a twelve-year fight for equal pay by Asda retail workers. The case, expected to last three months, centres on the fact the predominantly female retail workforce is paid up to £3.74 per hour less than the predominantly male warehouse workforce.
The new owners have loaded billions of pounds of debt on to ASDA's balance sheet - yet last year they reported a pre-tax profit of 180 million pounds. TDR Capital was founded by now billionaire, Manjit Dale - there is enough money to pay these women what they are owed.
The equal pay team at Leigh Day is very encouraged by the huge success we experienced just last week on behalf of claims similar to those of Asda workers, indicating a strong movement towards justice for undervalued workers in the retail sector.
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