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AN MSP has called for an urgent public inquiry into claims that blacklisting of workers is still happening.

The Daily Record today tells the stories of Scots targeted because they were union members or had complained about health and safety.

Earlier this year, we revealed how nearly 600 workers were blocked from getting jobs by the sinister Consulting Association.

The blacklist was revealed after a raid by the Information Commissioner’s Office in 2009, which led to the organisation being shut down.

An inquiry by Westminster’s Scottish Affairs Select Committee showed the list was funded by nearly all of Britain’s biggest building firms.

Labour’s Neil Findlay said yesterday: “Blacklisting is wrong, there is no debate about that. We cannot sit back and wait for Westminster to reach a conclusion before we act.

“Many major firms operating in Scotland, who have used blacklisting, have tendered for public projects and we must act now to prevent this happening in the future.

“We need a full public inquiry to get to the bottom of blacklisting and determine what is happening now.

“It would expose the extent of the practice, shame the guilty companies and ensure they apologise and provide compensation.”