Tribunal rules former union leadership candidate should not have been barred from leadership election

Prominent workers鈥� campaigner Mick Dooley has won a second tribunal case against Ucatt, after he was barred from running in the union鈥檚 2011 leadership election.

London South Employment Tribunal ruled the union had 鈥渦njustifiably disciplined鈥� Dooley by barring him from the contest last December.

It is the latest in a series of victories for Dooley in challenges against the union.

Dooley won a tribunal case against Ucatt in November, after it ruled he was unfairly dismissed as a union officer amid allegations he had forged membership documents.

In January 2011 he successfully overturned Ucatt鈥檚 2009 leadership election - in which he unsuccessfuly ran - after an investigation by watchdog the Certification Officer (CO) highlighted anomalies with the result.

Dooley said: 鈥淭here seems to be no end to embarrassment for Ucatt.鈥�

Dooley was expelled from the union last month for launching a public verbal assault on Ucatt, in which he repeatedly told the union to 鈥済o fuck yourselves鈥�.

He will challenge the dismissal.

The union was unavailable for comment.

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