Blacklisting bosses must “own up, clean up, pay up” in a public inquiry, trade union leaders said yesterday after backing a national day of protest against the practice.
It was revealed over four years ago that a shocking 3,213 people had been blacklisted by construction companies — most simply for being trade union members.

But successive governments have taken almost no action against the blacklisters and most victims still do not know they are included in the secret files.

GMB national officer Justin Bowden told the TUC Congress how “undercover cops and state forces colluded with big business” to “destroy workers’ reputations and job prospects.”