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Blacklisted worker struggles for work

Construction companies have been found to have bought confidential workers' data from an illegal database by the information watchdog. Steve Acheson, who is convinced he is on the list, discusses his problems in getting work. Alan Ritchie, general secretary of the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (Ucatt), says his organisation has been raising this issue for years.

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