One of Britain’s leading companies was said to have fired a Jewish senior employe because of the Arab boycott. An industrial tribunal (Labor court) was told yesterday that MEPC, the second largest property management concern in the United Kingdom, dismissed Anthony Simmons, its assistant secretary, last september during talks with the Kuwaiti International Investment Co. about a $35 million loan.
Simmons, 44, claims the manner of his dismissal was unfair whether or not it was motivated by racial discrimination. The company strongly denied the discrimination charge. It said it retained strong links with Jewish business circles in London and that Simmons had been redundant because there was no longer enough work to justify his continued employment. The case is expected to last four days, but an immediate ruling by the three man court is not expected.
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