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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 1918 (Volume 2), 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 2
- Date
- 1918
- Rights
- Published in 1918 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
28 pp. · PDF, 1.7 MB
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April
27 pp. · PDF, 1.8 MB
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July
27 pp. · PDF, 1.7 MB
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October
24 pp. · PDF, 1.6 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
- Compensation (injury, disability and death) and the business agent's protection Jan. 1918, p. 12
- Jacob Sehers (Local 1, St. Louis): announcement of his death and In Memory resolution Apr. 1918, p. 8
- President Gompers did not favor compulsory health insurance (physical examination of workers conference) Oct. 1918, p. 21
Editorials & Essays
- Editorial page: the apprenticeship ("You cannot make an Asbestos Worker in one year"), International permits Jan. 1918, p. 9
- Is "Thrift" the rule in your home? Jan. 1918, p. 13
- To red-blooded asbestos workers (war service appeal) Apr. 1918, p. 10
- What is a strike breaker? Apr. 1918, p. 15
- Editorial page, with the Journal masthead July 1918, p. 9
- Editorial page, with the Journal masthead Oct. 1918, p. 9
- Stamp books; To get a healthy city, double the wages (Surgeon General Gorgas) Oct. 1918, p. 20
Employers, Contractors & Agreements
- General President's report (Building Trades Department convention: slab cork and the Composition Roofers; Painters' complaint over canvas on an acoustic job at the Pittsburgh courthouse) Jan. 1918, p. 4
- Agreement with the Operative Plasterers and Cement Finishers: "Emergency Men" drawn from plasterers when asbestos workers cannot supply mechanics Apr. 1918, p. 9
- Report of Vice-President Rice: conditions at Toronto, work at the Eureka Mineral Wool Co. and others July 1918, p. 10
- Local 17 (Chicago) protest on cork insulation and the President's answer on the "Emergency" agreement July 1918, p. 13
- The "Emergency" agreement with the plasterers explained; plasterers registered as asbestos workers at the Shipyard Bureau and Army Quartermaster's Department July 1918, p. 14
- General President's report (continued): Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board award of 80 cents an hour for mechanics and 54 for helpers, Building Trades Wage Board, Eastman Kodak work at Rochester Oct. 1918, p. 8
- "Dilute" trades is U. S. war policy; Emergency mechanics and the plasterers Oct. 1918, p. 11
Labor Movement & Legislation
- The Call for Craftsmen (shipyard volunteers) Jan. 1918, p. 3
- American Federation of Labor news (war tax, Tennessee sheriff) Jan. 1918, p. 18
- American Federation of Labor convention call Apr. 1918, p. 13
- American Federation of Labor news (shipbuilding record, I. W. W.) Apr. 1918, p. 22
- Labor's Magna Charta Apr. 1918, p. 25
- Labor Day, September 2, 1918: "Win the War for Freedom" and the foreign-born worker July 1918, p. 2
- Shipyard workers meet at Detroit; American shipbuilding labor July 1918, p. 11
- Letter to Frank Morrison enclosing Building Trades Department Resolution 17 on wages on government work July 1918, p. 15
- General President's report: New York State Federation of Labor and a proposed state health insurance bill Oct. 1918, p. 7
Local Unions & Correspondence
- Correspondence: Denver (Local 28) and others; Painters' canvas and muslin resolution Jan. 1918, p. 22
- Correspondence: Washington, D. C. (Local 24: Adjustment Board includes a rate for asbestos workers, 65 cents an hour), and others Apr. 1918, p. 24
- Correspondence: A. F. of L. convention call; Washington, D. C., and others July 1918, p. 12
Materials & Manufacturers
- Work done for the H. W. Johns-Manville Co., St. Louis: pump room of the new Missouri State Capitol (photograph) Jan. 1918, p. 8
- High building material prices are here to stay; Covering steam pipes with a glass lighter than cork (spun glass insulation in Germany) Jan. 1918, p. 20
- Below Are Two Cuts of the Work Done at Camp Pike by Members of St. Louis Local Union No. 1, and Data Connected With the Job Apr. 1918, p. 16
- Performing "impossible" feats: canvas shrunk on triple pipe bends by H. W. Johns-Manville Company foreman, Yard Three, Portland, Oregon Oct. 1918, p. 10
Members
- Roll of honor: members who have joined the army or navy Jan. 1918, p. 11
- Vice-President William C. Landis resigns from the Executive Board; honorable withdrawal card issued Jan. 1918, p. 25
- Roll of honor: members who have joined the army or navy Apr. 1918, p. 11
- In Memory of Jacob Sehers (Local 1) Apr. 1918, p. 12
- Tribute to Michael F. Happel of Local 12, twenty-three years an organized asbestos worker (in the General President's report) July 1918, p. 8
- Roll of honor: members who have joined the army or navy July 1918, p. 23
- In Memoriam: James Dunn, John Clausen (Local 6), John R. Mackel (died July 15, 1918) July 1918, p. 25
- Roll of honor: members in the army or navy Oct. 1918, p. 12
- Death of Miss Sadie Gompers, daughter of President Gompers Oct. 1918, p. 13
- In Memoriam: Carl Lee and Edward St. John (Local 6), Harry Dreager (Local 24), John Stamp (Local 3) Oct. 1918, p. 14
- Asbestos Worker reported killed in action: Corp. Barney Jastrzemski (Local 1, St. Louis); letter from the Liberty Loan Committee; How to kill a union Oct. 1918, p. 19
Special Features
- Baseball team, Pittsburgh Local Union No. 2 (photograph) Apr. 1918, p. 7
- Henry H. Holland, newly appointed Vice-President (portrait) Apr. 1918, p. 14
- Local No. 1, St. Louis members "doing their bit somewhere" (photographs of members in service) July 1918, p. 16
- The General Executive Board (group photograph) Oct. 1918, p. 2
The Trade & Its Work
- Jurisdiction: hair felt on ceilings for acoustic purposes, tacking of canvas, and ceiling plastering of asbestos cement (General President's report) Jan. 1918, p. 5
- Camp Pike insulation job (continued): hot water line, insulation results in winter weather Apr. 1918, p. 16
- General Executive Board: cork slab-insulation jurisdiction and the agreement of the bricklayer-plasterer-carpenter-laborer combination; Local 17 protest July 1918, p. 3
- Cork slab insulation at the Building Trades Department convention: the agreement "signed by all cork concerns with the exception of Johns-Manville" (General President's report) July 1918, p. 6
- Trade school proposal and shipyard rates: Port of New York, Quincy and Fore River yards pay below the 65-cent rate (General President's report) July 1918, p. 6
Union Business
- Secretary-Treasurer's report Jan. 1918, p. 14
- New members, transfers, lapsed members Jan. 1918, p. 15
- Wages and hours of the various locals Jan. 1918, p. 24
- General and local officers; directory of locals Jan. 1918, p. 26
- General President's report (Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Local 9 mechanical examination, new trade agreements) Apr. 1918, p. 3
- Secretary-Treasurer's report: Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board 65-cent rate, new agreements, new Locals 48, 49 and Tacoma Apr. 1918, p. 18
- New members, transfers Apr. 1918, p. 19
- General and local officers; directory of locals Apr. 1918, p. 26
- General Executive Board: special session, Detroit, June 3, 1918 (Emergency permit agreement with the Plasterers; organizers' expenses) July 1918, p. 3
- General President's report (Atlantic Coast 65-cent rate, Shipping Board, Building Trades Department convention at St. Paul, A. F. of L. convention) July 1918, p. 5
- Secretary-Treasurer's report: new agreements, visits July 1918, p. 17
- New members, transfers, lapsed, expelled, traveling cards July 1918, p. 18
- General and local officers; directory of locals July 1918, p. 26
- General Executive Board: annual between-convention session, Washington, D. C., October 7-10, 1918 Oct. 1918, p. 3
- General Executive Board: Building Trades Department resolutions, Emergency men, appeals and local complaints Oct. 1918, p. 4
- Secretary-Treasurer's report: territory jurisdiction disputes, finances, pending cases Oct. 1918, p. 6
- New members, rating changes, transfers Oct. 1918, p. 15
- General and local officers; directory of locals Oct. 1918, p. 22
In the Library
Pages on this site about the products and companies these issues name:
- Asbestos Rogue’s Gallery Johns-Manville: Work done for the H. W. Johns-Manville Co., St. Louis: pump room of the new Missouri State Capitol (photograph) (Jan. 1918, p. 8)
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