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Nom de l'objet :	Button
Catégorie de l'objet :	Needleworking Equipment
Numéro d'accession :	95.426.7.4.2
Date de fin de production :	1995-12-31
Description :	Round button with a white border around the edge. The centre of the pin is blue with the image of a green gold and red maple leaf. There is a small image of a green beaver.
Commentaires :	This button belonged to a member of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees and Other Transport Workers union. The union was established in 1908 by Aaron Mosher, a unionist with the Intercolonial Railway. Mosher organized a Canadian union composed of all trade workers. Within the first month, 1 000 Intercolonial Railway tradesmen had joined including freight and office clerks, freight handlers, car checkers, roundhousemen, station engineers, watchmen, and day labourers. The union was segregated as sleeping car porters, a predominantly African-Canadian position, were excluded from joining the organization. It was not until 1920 that the union dropped its racial restrictions; it was the first Canadian union to do so.
Établissement :	Orangedale Railway Museum Facebook-Orangedale Railway Museum
Ville de l'établissement :	Orangedale
Province de l'établissement :	Nova Scotia

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