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Asda workers demonstrate in support of equal pay claim
General view of an Asda sign at the supermarket's head office in Leeds

WORKERS at supermarket chain Asda demonstrated in Brighton and Manchester today in support of a court battle for equal pay for more than 60,000 staff.

GMB union launched, what is believed to be, the biggest ever equal pay claim seen in Britain's private sector.

The cost to Asda is expected to run into billions of pounds if the union succeeds.

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