Members of the GMB Union, including two blacklisted workers, staged a protest outside the constituency office of deputy first minister Nicola Sturgeon.
Paul Kenny, GMB general secretary, delivered a letter by hand to the Glasgow constituency office of Ms Sturgeon, who is responsible for procurement for the Scottish Government.
The letter demanded both she and Alex Salmond should intervene and reverse the decision by Dundee City Council over the decision by the SNP-led Dundee City Council this month to name BAM Construction as the preferred bidder for the £45m tender to build the much-vaunted V&A Museum of Design.
The protesters were angry the council had decided on the move before BAM has compensated the construction workers it blacklisted.
The GMB say a reversal of that decision would simply be in line with the stated policy of the SNP Scottish Government.
Mr Kenny was joined by Justin Bowden, GMB national officer, and around 25 members of GMB and other unions with flags and banners.
Mr Bowden said last night: “We went along to the office and handed over the letter to the staff there.
“Nicola Sturgeon wasn’t there, we had no idea if she would be or not, we just wanted to hand the letter in and demand they take action and reverse the decision made by Dundee City Council.”
The letter stated: “On August 9 2014 you wrote to Construction Scotland on new guidelines on blacklisting adopted by the Scottish Government.
“In that letter you said: ‘This guidance makes it clear that firms which have engaged in blacklisting have committed an act of grave professional misconduct and should be excluded from public procurement, unless they can demonstrate appropriate remedial action’.
“GMB warmly welcomed your announcement at the time.
“The policy of the Scottish Government follows the recommendation of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee that construction firms that are blacklisted, or do not make proper reparations for past blacklisting,are denied public contracts unless they undertake a ‘self-cleaning’ process.
“This includes an admission of guilt, full compensation and other remedial steps for the 582 blacklisted workers in Scotland.
“Dundee City Council in August last year also adopted this policy as 21 blacklisted workers are from Dundee. BAM has yet to issue an apology and they haven’t paid a single penny in compensation.”
GMB has begun an action in the High Court in London seeking compensation for 122 GMB members blacklisted by a number of firms, including BAM and Sir Robert McAlpine, who The Courier revealed last week were the only other bidders for the V&A tender.
BAM Construction’s position is that only a small number of people were affected by their activities with the Consulting Association, which provided lists of people who were blacklisted before they ceased in 1998, none from Scotland.
A spokesperson said: “We have made a public commitment to compensating fairly anyone who was affected and are considering the appropriate mechanisms. No one to date has approached BAM directly.”