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The Asbestos Worker was the journal of the insulators' union, the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers, written for its members: the men who covered pipes and boilers with asbestos, magnesia and cork. These are the 4 issues we have from 1913 (Volume 1), free to read online or download. The index below lists their articles by topic; each entry opens the issue at its page.
- Series
- The Asbestos Worker, Volume 1
- Date
- 1913
- Rights
- Published in 1913 by the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers; in the public domain (published in the United States before 1931).
The issues
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January
22 pp. · PDF, 1.2 MB
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May
22 pp. · PDF, 1.1 MB
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July
20 pp. · PDF, 1.1 MB
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October
22 pp. · PDF, 1.1 MB
Index of articles
The journal printed no index of its own. AsbestosClaims.Law compiled this one from each issue's contents, under topic headings like those of our other magazine indexes. Page numbers are the printed ones; where a page carries none (the covers), it is counted from the cover.
No articles match.
Dust, Disease & Safety
Editorials & Essays
- The non-union man Jan. 1913, p. 13
- Every union has one: the wise guy; bracing up the weak brothers July 1913, p. 14
Employers, Contractors & Agreements
- Local No. 33, Hartford: trade agreement signed by R. A. Keasbey Co., Johns-Manville Co. and Keasbey & Mattison, awaiting the Armstrong Cork Co. Jan. 1913, p. 6
- St. Louis: Armstrong Cork Co. injunction of 1905 against the Building Trades Council and Pipe Coverers' Local dissolved; suit dismissed December 23, 1912 Jan. 1913, p. 7
- Buffalo and Rochester: trade agreements signed with Johns-Manville Company, Keasbey & Mattison, Buffalo Asbestos Company, Patton Company, Rae & Company and Chamberlain & Company; Armstrong Cork signs for Connecticut May 1913, p. 5
- Keep away: localities where agreements are being readjusted (Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis) May 1913, p. 13
- Cleveland Local 3 three-year agreement after a 26-day strike (42 1/2, 45 and 47 1/2 cents an hour) July 1913, p. 11
- Kansas City Building Trades Council statement on trouble with contractors and the bricklayers July 1913, p. 12
- Executive Board report: signing the Pittsburg agreement and unionizing the Milwaukee branch of the Johns-Manville Co. Oct. 1913, p. 6
- General President's report: St. Louis strike settled with four-year agreement; Milwaukee branch of H. W. Johns-Manville Co. signs agreement after meeting with Vice-President Manville Oct. 1913, p. 8
- Keep away: localities where agreements are being readjusted (San Francisco, Portland, Indianapolis, Kansas City) Oct. 1913, p. 16
Labor Movement & Legislation
- A resume and viewpoint: trade unionism wins over industrial unionism at the A. F. of L. Rochester convention Jan. 1913, p. 9
- American Federation of Labor news (printers, Building Trades Department annual report) Jan. 1913, p. 11
- A. F. of L. report on the steamfitters: amalgamation with the United Association of Plumbers Jan. 1913, p. 14
- Unions to the rescue! Unorganized wage-earners can protect themselves (A. F. of L. appeal) May 1913, p. 3
- American Federation of Labor news (painters locked out in Winnipeg, Haywood and others) May 1913, p. 8
- C. W. Post gives up job busting unions May 1913, p. 10
- Cash register men sentenced under the Sherman law May 1913, p. 11
- St. Louis ordinance: skilled mechanics for city work May 1913, p. 13
- William B. Wilson named first Secretary of Labor May 1913, p. 16
- Gompers contempt case: parts of the decision May 1913, p. 18
- Operation of the present immigration law July 1913, p. 3
- American Federation of Labor news (Kirby gift, steamfitters' convention) July 1913, p. 8
- A strike that failed: the Paterson silk strike July 1913, p. 16
- Labor wants this bill passed (A. F. of L. bill exempting labor from the Anti-Trust Act and limiting injunctions) Oct. 1913, p. 3
- American Federation of Labor news Oct. 1913, p. 17
- Philadelphia ordinance on union wages for city mechanics; pensions in a union Oct. 1913, p. 18
Local Unions & Correspondence
- Letters: Winnipeg greetings; Washington letter to Local 1 on the Armstrong Cork suit; Gus Schmitters, secretary of Local 1 Jan. 1913, p. 17
- Monthly reports of the locals Jan. 1913, p. 18
- Correspondence: appeal for aid for Clarence Darrow; Chicago Local 17 after control of cork insulation May 1913, p. 12
- Monthly reports of the locals (bricklayers and cork at Dicks Brewery) May 1913, p. 15
- Correspondence: Cleveland, Pittsburg and Milwaukee agreements; San Francisco on 1915 fair work July 1913, p. 11
- Correspondence: Portland shortage of asbestos workers rumors; Seattle Local 7 on the A. F. of L. and Building Trades conventions Oct. 1913, p. 14
- Monthly reports of the locals (Milwaukee: H. W. Johns-Manville Co. has signed the new agreement) Oct. 1913, p. 16
Members
Special Features
- John McCormack, Third Vice-President (portrait) Jan. 1913, p. 2
The Trade & Its Work
- Secretary-Treasurer's report: bricklayers try to get the insulation (cork) work on walls; settled in Kansas City, Dallas and Cincinnati May 1913, p. 7
- Chicago Local 17: out 'for control of the cork insulation,' expecting about 80 per cent of it May 1913, p. 12
- Secretary-Treasurer's report: Cincinnati asbestos ceiling work awarded by the local council to the plasterers July 1913, p. 7
- General President's report: asbestos workers and plasterers; plastering of walls and ceilings with asbestos settled in favor of the Association Oct. 1913, p. 7
- Secretary-Treasurer's report: Chicago Local 17 two-year agreement and cork slab work taken from hod carriers Oct. 1913, p. 11
Union Business
- Affiliation with central and state bodies Jan. 1913, p. 3
- General President's report (A. F. of L. convention; Local No. 33 Hartford organized; trade agreement with firms) Jan. 1913, p. 6
- General Secretary-Treasurer's report (journal to become quarterly; Armstrong Cork injunction dissolved; Legislature bills) Jan. 1913, p. 7
- Report of First Vice-President Abram Olson (Hartford Local No. 33 installed; publishing the financial statement) Jan. 1913, p. 8
- Directory of general and local officers Jan. 1913, p. 19
- General President's report (Armstrong Cork agreement for Connecticut Local 33; Buffalo and Rochester trade agreements) May 1913, p. 5
- Secretary-Treasurer's report (wage requests, initiation fees, bricklayers claiming cork work on walls, Dicks Brewery) May 1913, p. 7
- Directory of general and local officers May 1913, p. 19
- General President's report (Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit trips; trade agreements) July 1913, p. 4
- General President's report, continued (Baltimore Local 11 new trade agreement with 25-cent daily raise) July 1913, p. 5
- First Vice-President's report (Providence Local 21 trade agreement) July 1913, p. 6
- Secretary-Treasurer's report (agreements signed in Pittsburg, Cleveland, Milwaukee; new Locals 34 Minneapolis, 35 Youngstown, 36 Portland) July 1913, p. 7
- Directory of general and local officers July 1913, p. 17
- International Executive Board, Boston, October 6th, 1913: minutes and report on the year (membership, Pittsburg and Milwaukee Johns-Manville agreements) Oct. 1913, p. 5
- General President's report (jurisdiction dispute with the plasterers over plastering ceilings with asbestos settled for the Association) Oct. 1913, p. 7
- Report of First Vice-President Abram Olson (Atlantic City executive board, Local 12 complaint) Oct. 1913, p. 9
- Report on a strike in a local and the Building Trades Council Oct. 1913, p. 10
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer for the year ending September 30, 1913 (locals chartered, agreements, finances, trade conditions) Oct. 1913, p. 11
- Directory of general and local officers Oct. 1913, p. 19
In the Library
Pages on this site about the products and companies these issues name:
- Asbestos Rogue’s Gallery Johns-Manville: Local No. 33, Hartford: trade agreement signed by R. A. Keasbey Co., Johns-Manville Co. and Keasbey & Mattison, awaiting the Armstrong Cork Co. (Jan. 1913, p. 6)
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