The former leader of the train drivers’ union Aslef has lost his bid to win his job back, despite winning a claim of unfair dismissal.
Shaun Brady, 43, successfully argued at an employment tribunal last year that he had been wrongly sacked, and pursued a claim for re-instatement.
But the Central London Employment Tribunal has decided it would not be practicable to reinstate him as general secretary.
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Brady said he would consider whether to launch an appeal.
Keith Norman, Aslef’s general secretary, said: “This verdict is what we have been waiting for in order that the union can finally move on from the past that has dogged us over the last few years.”