Labour leadership still mostly White and male (By MURPHY BROWNE)

"Racialized people had been a part of Canada's labour force for centuries, including the contribution of native Canadians to the fur trade which enriched European traders; enslaved Africans who laboured without pay (1628-1834) and the Chinese who built the railroad with massive loss of life....there was blatantly racist exclusion of these workers from the celebration of Labour Day in those early days." (By MURPHY BROWNE)

SOURCE: SHARENEWS:

http://www.sharenews.com/opinion/2010/09/01/labour-leadership-still-mostly-white-and-male