labour exchange

British  

noun

1. a former name for employment office

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Example Sentences

Gwenfron was 18 when she was called for an interview in the Port Talbot Labour Exchange where she was asked how she would support the war effort.

From BBC

Many workers eventually settled in nearby Brixton, the site of the nearest labour exchange, beginning the area's association with Caribbean culture.

From BBC

Tucked away behind York Minster – the grand cathedral adorned with medieval stained-glass windows that dominates the North Yorkshire city’s skyline – is a cobbled street that has become an informal labour exchange.

From The Guardian

It’s like a British Labour Exchange in a period of 50 percent unemployment — endless lines of the willing and frustrated, if not bitter and burned out.

From Washington Post

He drinks his tea in the morning, signs for the dole at the Labour Exchange, reads the papers at the Carnegie Library, goes for his long walks far into the country.

From Literature