UNION bosses are trying to trace a construction industry worker from Kingsteignton who appears on a 'blacklist' but is unaware of its existence.

GMB, the construction workers' union, has revealed at least 98 workers in the south west appear on a blacklist which was used by 44 building firms to vet new recruits.

Health and safety and trade union activists' names were added to the list without their knowledge, the GMB claims, denying them work.

One of the workers in the south west is known to have either lived or worked in Kingsteignton.