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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 1921 (Volume 3), 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 3
- Date
- 1921
- Rights
- Published in 1921 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
26 pp. · PDF, 1.8 MB
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April
26 pp. · PDF, 1.7 MB
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July
26 pp. · PDF, 1.5 MB
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October
22 pp. · PDF, 1.4 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 old year passes (poem page) and What a union card should mean Jan. 1921, p. 3
- Editorial page Jan. 1921, p. 9
- Editorial page Apr. 1921, p. 9
- The mothers of men (poem, Joaquin Miller) July 1921, p. 2
- Editorial page July 1921, p. 9
- We never forget (quotation on workingmen) Oct. 1921, p. 2
- Editorial page Oct. 1921, p. 7
Employers, Contractors & Agreements
- Wages of various locals Jan. 1921, p. 15
- Notice from the Secretary-Treasurer: Carey Company declared unfair at Toledo (sub-contracting the Standard Oil Works job); agreements of Sussman Co., Clark & Fischer, Keasbey & Mattison and Johns-Manville with Local 45 Apr. 1921, p. 2
- Report of Vice-President Charles C. Rice: Rochester strike, alleged black list on the Eastman School of Music job; Toledo and the Carey Company July 1921, p. 12
Labor Movement & Legislation
- Clayton Law is smashed by U. S. Supreme Court (Duplex Printing Press decision) Jan. 1921, p. 8
- Mr. Untermyer and Mr. Grace (Bethlehem Steel hearing) Jan. 1921, p. 11
- American Federation of Labor news: illiteracy, living wage, open shop drive, Catholic Welfare Council statement Jan. 1921, p. 18
- Labor may decide to fight capital with capital itself Jan. 1921, p. 21
- Who is Secretary James J. Davis? (Harding's Secretary of Labor) Apr. 1921, p. 3
- Summary of the trade union conference held in Washington Apr. 1921, p. 16
- American Federation of Labor news: injunctions (Taft), Matewan trial Apr. 1921, p. 18
- Building Trades Department notice: National Board for Jurisdictional Awards resolution on employers' agreements July 1921, p. 3
- Gompers to war on open shop July 1921, p. 7
- Statistics are juggled to defend wage cuts; British coal miners' lockout July 1921, p. 15
- Landis asked to settle Chicago building trades lockout July 1921, p. 17
- American Federation of Labor news: "can't-strike" plan; union insurance leads July 1921, p. 18
- American Federation of Labor news: can't sell labor paper, high grade asbestos discovered in Canada near Kamloops, 44-hour week Oct. 1921, p. 14
- "Equity" shop upheld; Labor Day 1921 Oct. 1921, p. 15
- Synopsis of the plan for federal loans for home owning and buildings (A. F. of L. to the Secretary of Labor) Oct. 1921, p. 17
Local Unions & Correspondence
- Correspondence: Vice-President Johnson on Local 62, Portsmouth; Local 19 (Milwaukee); Denver Labor Defense League and others Jan. 1921, p. 16
- Correspondence: Local 6, Boston, on the lockout; Local 36, Portland, on a Johns-Manville agreement; Local 38 (Wilkes-Barre) strike won; and others Apr. 1921, p. 14
- Local 14 members advertise a strike by walking to Washington (photograph) July 1921, p. 8
- Correspondence: Local 21 (Fort Worth) automobile accident; Local 5 (Los Angeles); Local 16 (San Francisco) wage cut notice from Plant Rubber Co., Western Asbestos Co., Manville Co. and others July 1921, p. 14
- St. Louis building craftsmen revive industry; Local 22, Houston, on the burial of H. O. Byrne, killed in France Oct. 1921, p. 13
Materials & Manufacturers
- Sil-o-cel block: Boston bricklayers suspended; Kansas City Building Trades Arbitration Board awards insulation to the asbestos workers (General President's report) Jan. 1921, p. 6
- The Franklin Mfg. Company, Franklin, Pa.: advertisement for 85% magnesia sectional and blocks and No. 102 asbestos cement Jan. 1921, p. 17
- Kansas City Board of Jurisdictional Awards on "Silica" or "Silo-cel" brick: bricklayers lay it in walls, insulators where it touches boilers, breeching or tank covering Apr. 1921, p. 16
- The Franklin Mfg. Company, Franklin, Pa.: advertisement for 85% magnesia sectional and blocks and No. 102 asbestos cement Apr. 1921, p. 21
Members
- In Memoriam: Thomas Doyle (Local 34) Jan. 1921, p. 10
- New members Jan. 1921, p. 14
- M. F. McParland re-elected President of Local 2, Pittsburgh Jan. 1921, p. 17
- New members Apr. 1921, p. 11
- In Memoriam: Thomas Doyle (Local 34), E. M. Clark (Local 25) Apr. 1921, p. 13
- Philadelphia Local 14: resolutions for William Ballerstedt (died May 20, 1921) and Rudolph F. Vogt (shot and killed June 13 by a strikebreaker) July 1921, p. 4
- New members July 1921, p. 11
- In Memoriam: J. P. Reichert (Local 21, Dallas), William Ballerstedt July 1921, p. 20
- New members; lapsed members Oct. 1921, p. 12
- In Memoriam: Christ Peterson (Local 17), James O'Hara (Local 26) Oct. 1921, p. 16
Special Features
- Facts and humour from England July 1921, p. 13
Union Business
- General President's report, by Joseph A. Mullaney: Syracuse, Rochester, Washington, Spokane, Seattle, Denver, Kansas City Jan. 1921, p. 5
- Secretary-Treasurer's report, by Thomas J. McNamara: review of 1920 Jan. 1921, p. 13
- General and local officers (directory) Jan. 1921, p. 22
- General President's report, by Joseph A. Mullaney: San Francisco, Akron, Toronto, Montreal Apr. 1921, p. 5
- Secretary-Treasurer's report, by Thomas J. McNamara: Boston lockout, wage reductions, Memphis visit Apr. 1921, p. 10
- Report of Vice-President E. A. Johnson: the Boston strike and lockout Apr. 1921, p. 19
- General and local officers (directory) Apr. 1921, p. 22
- General President's report, by Joseph A. Mullaney: Montreal, Albany, Philadelphia employers, Toledo and the Carey Company, Denver July 1921, p. 5
- Secretary-Treasurer's report, by Thomas J. McNamara: sixteen locals locked out; about 40 per cent of men working July 1921, p. 10
- General Executive Board meeting at Cincinnati, October 3, 1921 July 1921, p. 10
- General and local officers (directory) July 1921, p. 22
- General Executive Board: annual between-convention meeting at the Savoy Hotel, Cincinnati, October 3-7, 1921 (New York City chosen for the 1922 convention; acoustic work discussed) Oct. 1921, p. 3
- General President's report, by Joseph A. Mullaney: Pittsburgh, Wilkes-Barre, Chicago and the "Landis decision", Detroit, Buffalo (Carey shop running open), Toronto Oct. 1921, p. 8
- Secretary-Treasurer's report to the Executive Board, by Thomas J. McNamara: complaints and charges, locals in arrears Oct. 1921, p. 10
- General and local officers (directory) Oct. 1921, p. 18
In the Library
Pages on this site about the products and companies these issues name:
- Asbestos Pipe Insulation and Block Insulation Exposure: The Franklin Mfg. Company, Franklin, Pa.: advertisement for 85% magnesia sectional and blocks and No. 102 asbestos cement (Jan. 1921, p. 17)
- Asbestos Rogue’s Gallery Johns-Manville: Notice from the Secretary-Treasurer: Carey Company declared unfair at Toledo (sub-contracting the Standard Oil Works job); agreements of Sussman Co., Clark & Fischer, Keasbey & Mattison and Johns-Manville with Local 45 (Apr. 1921, p. 2)
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