TENS of thousands of Asda supermarket workers received a landmark court victory today in their fight for equal pay.

The Supreme Court upheld a ruling that Asda’s lower-paid retail staff, about two thirds of whom are women, can compare themselves with the chain’s male-dominated distribution workforce for the purposes of equal pay.

The judge said that the ruling does not mean that the shopworkers have won the right to equal pay, but that their success in the case means that they are now free to take further action.