Asda workers' strike threat over pay dispute means supplies to stores could be hit

Asda lorry drivers, warehouse staff and clerical workers have voted against a pay offer, threatening strikes that could affect supplies at stores across the UK.

Almost 70 per cent of the GMB union’s 8,000 members within Asda’s distribution network, which employs 12,000 in total, voted to reject pay rises of between five per cent and 7.5 per cent, reports the Mirror.

That compares to Retail Price Index inflation of 7.8 per cent while the legal minimum wage is set to increase by 6.6 per cent in April. Government’s preferred measure of inflation – the consumer prices index – is expected to rise from 5.5 per cent in January to almost eight per cent in April.