BOSSES at a transport firm sacked a driver after he had a heart attack at work, GMB revealed yesterday.

Lorry driver Robert Morgan worked for Bidvest Logistics, part of a South African-owned group which boasts of its supposedly ethical policies, at the company’s depot in Banbury, Oxfordshire.

He is a member of general union GMB and has worked for the company for 23 years.

In April, he suffered a heart attack at another depot.

The depot had a defibrillator — a machine for restarting the heart — but no-one knew how to use it.

An ambulance crew revived him and he is now making a full recovery, although he can no longer hold a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driving licence.

GMB says he can do other jobs and has offered to work as a cleaner, but bosses at Banbury sacked him this week.

GMB regional organiser David Day said: “Thankfully, Robert is now on the way to a good recovery and looking forward to returning to work.

“However, at a meeting on November 3, local managers decided that, because Robert’s HGV licence had been withdrawn, he was no longer employable. So, after over 23 years working for them, he has been given notice and his employment terminated.

“He is totally shattered and very upset by what happened.

“I am thoroughly disgusted at the heartless attitude of the local managers.

“GMB will pursue this case in every way possible.”

No-one at Bidvest was available to comment.