The owner of a transport company whose buses were seen ferrying strike-breaking workers over the picket line at Jacob's Bakery said he was "beyond livid" when he found out what happened.
St Helens-based coach hire company Ellisons Travel sparked outrage among striking workers at the Jacob's factory in Aintree on Monday after driving employees over the picket line. But boss Andy Magowan said: "There's no way in my mind I'm going to order any employee of mine to cross a picket line. We've been duped."
He said the company had been hired by a third party, UK Minibus Hire, to take a group of people from the Tesco car park to the NHS Stores on Wareing Road, close to the Jacob's factory on Monday. But as the bus driver approached the area, he was told by a security guard on board to turn right onto the Jacob's site.
