Labour Unions Indignant Over British Embassy Being Built by Non-Unions Washington, Aug, 24.
The possibility of 1a boycott of British goods by American organized labour unless the new British Emassy building, on which work is about to be started, is erected with union Labour was indicated to-day when Mr. Miller, chairman of the Adjustment Committee of the Cen-{tral Labour Union, declared that the Union would circularize American organized labour.
The trouble began because an Englishman, who has accumulated a fortune in Washington by suecessful real estate and building operations, was engaged to construct the new building: It is alleged that he has always employed non-union labour.
It is understood that a protest has already been lodged with the British JAmbassador and that requests have been cabled to the Council of the British Trades Union Congress luring it to use its efforts to have! {the new Embassy built with union' workers..—Reuter.
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