The organization was led by its president Aaron Mosher from its establishment until his death in 1952.
[1] It was a founding member of the Canadian Congress of Labour and ally of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF).
The union's constitution explicitly banned non-white workers from membership from 1908 until 1919.
While Sleeping Car Porters were allowed to join the CBRE in 1919, Black workers were segregated into their own locals and forced into lower-paid jobs.
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