Asda workers rally at Glasgow store amid pay dispute

Organised by GMB, the demonstration was part of an ongoing dispute between the supermarket and employees as they claim men in distribution centres make £2 more per hour than women in retail.

The crowd gathered at the Govan superstore, waving flags, chanting and handing out stickers to shoppers to support their cause.

Rober Deavy, GMB organiser, said: "We are having to fight for female workers' pay. This is a discriminatory pay policy, they are paying the men who work in retail, key workers, £2 less an hour than the man working in distribution.

"They would rather spend millions of pounds fighting this, spending it on lawyers rather than paying their own workers what they deserve.

"Key workers across Scotland will be making sure we are all fed and comfortable during Christmas and Asda will not give them the correct pay.

"We are calling on the company to stop the litigation and sit down at the table with us."

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An Asda spokesperson said: “At Asda male and female colleagues doing the same jobs in stores are paid the same and this is equally true in our distribution centres.

"We continue to defend these claims because retail and distribution are very different sectors, with their own distinct skill sets and rates of pay.”