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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 1922 (Volumes 3 and 4), 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, Volumes 3 and 4
- Date
- 1922
- Rights
- Published in 1922 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, 1.4 MB
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April
26 pp. · PDF, 1.7 MB
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July
22 pp. · PDF, 1.2 MB
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October
54 pp. · PDF, 3.7 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
- General President's report: improvers should "possess average health and be physically fit" for "extreme heat and cold"; standard of work and speed Oct. 1922, p. 8
- General President's report: trade employers must show they have complied with "workmen's compensation" and other State labor requirements Oct. 1922, p. 9
Editorials & Essays
- Editorial page Jan. 1922, p. 9
- March on, men of labor, by Samuel Gompers Jan. 1922, p. 12
- Editorial page Apr. 1922, p. 7
- Ninety-nine miles from anywhere; weather reports (cartoon page) July 1922, p. 6
- Editorial page July 1922, p. 7
- What labor does July 1922, p. 17
- Editorial page: Convention side lights Oct. 1922, p. 41
Employers, Contractors & Agreements
Labor Movement & Legislation
- Garment workers' strike suits and other news Jan. 1922, p. 5
- Proposal to wreck the Department of Labor Jan. 1922, p. 8
- An amazing injunction (New York cloak strike) Jan. 1922, p. 10
- What do the press agents mean when they harp on falling living costs? Jan. 1922, p. 13
- American Federation of Labor news; the Landis wage award Jan. 1922, p. 14
- The steel mills (spies and under-cover men); compulsory labor and anti-strike bill introduced in New York Apr. 1922, p. 8
- American Federation of Labor news: labor press, trade union educational league, cheap wage-high bid shoe contract Apr. 1922, p. 17
- American Federation of Labor news: membership increase; railroads found guilty of contracting out work July 1922, p. 12
- Building construction: record boom in the first quarter of 1922 July 1922, p. 16
- General President's report: the judiciary, labor education, injunctions Oct. 1922, p. 9
- Hell is an "open shop" (verse by James Folan) Oct. 1922, p. 47
Local Unions & Correspondence
- Correspondence: Local 35 (Youngstown), and Vice-President E. A. Johnson on the New England Oil Co. operation at Fall River employing Local 31 men Apr. 1922, p. 14
- Correspondence: Vice-President Rice on the Buffalo conference (Statler Hotel job); Local 33 (New Haven); Local 6 (Boston) and the $1.00 scale July 1922, p. 10
- Correspondence: Vice-President Oliver on the jurisdictional award conference at Cleveland; Local 21 (Dallas) declares a contractor unfair Oct. 1922, p. 43
Materials & Manufacturers
- "Ric-Wil" trench insulation: the maker's main office, and installation by Local 3 in the Cleveland district (General President's report) Jan. 1922, p. 4
- Resolution No. 5: members may "lump" a price for applying asbestos materials, cork and other materials sold outright by supply houses (not concurred) Oct. 1922, p. 25
Members
- New members Jan. 1922, p. 7
- In Memoriam: George Harward (Local 24) Jan. 1922, p. 11
- New members Apr. 1922, p. 11
- Barney Jastyenski (Barney James), Local 1, St. Louis, killed in action in France in 1918, body buried April 19, 1922 Apr. 1922, p. 13
- In Memoriam: Harry Anderson (Local 27), Gus Langer (Local 17), Antonio Faccinetti (Local 14) Apr. 1922, p. 20
- New members July 1922, p. 9
- In Memoriam: William Mount (Local 1), Charles H. Bradshaw (Local 14), Fred Knight (Local 39), Emmett S. Kelly (Local 9) July 1922, p. 14
- Secretary-Treasurer's report: no International death benefit; recommendation of a 25-cent assessment for a $200 death benefit; deaths reported 1919-22 Oct. 1922, p. 18
- Resolution No. 4: proposed Widow's Fund (death benefit paid by assessment, up to $500), introduced by Thomas Reed, Local 22 (referred to the General Executive Board) Oct. 1922, p. 24
- In Memoriam: D. N. Murray (Local 17), John Shearn (Local 1), John H. Coote (Local 4), W. J. Moore (Local 9), William A. Scott (Local 14) Oct. 1922, p. 44
- Members lapsed, suspended and expelled Oct. 1922, p. 46
Special Features
- The coolest covering: a tall tale of "Zero Juice" on the steamer "Mary Ann Kehoe" Apr. 1922, p. 3
- The canvas glutton (verse about sewing canvas) Apr. 1922, p. 15
The Trade & Its Work
Union Business
- General President's report, by Joseph A. Mullaney: Milwaukee, Albany, Springfield, Cleveland, Cincinnati arbitration award Jan. 1922, p. 3
- Secretary-Treasurer's report, by Thomas J. McNamara: new Local 70 (Mare Island Navy Yard), San Francisco scale cut from $7.85 to $7.00 Jan. 1922, p. 6
- General and local officers (directory) Jan. 1922, p. 18
- General President's report, by Joseph A. Mullaney: Chicago, Kansas "Can't Strike Bill" hearing, Albany hearings, Cleveland Apr. 1922, p. 5
- Secretary-Treasurer's report, by Thomas J. McNamara: agreements, Cleveland lockout, new Local 69 (Atlantic City); 30 to 40 per cent of men working Apr. 1922, p. 11
- General and local officers (directory) Apr. 1922, p. 22
- Convention call: the Twelfth Convention, Continental Hotel, New York City, October 2, 1922 July 1922, p. 3
- General President's report, by Joseph A. Mullaney: Buffalo, Cleveland (Local 3 scale, Carey Co. non-union men removed), Milwaukee (J-M and Sprinkman managers), Chicago, Pittsburgh July 1922, p. 4
- Secretary-Treasurer's report, by Thomas J. McNamara: agreements signed, finances July 1922, p. 8
- Edward Brinker resigns as Vice-President (now estimator for the John Johnson Co., a pipe covering firm in Detroit) July 1922, p. 11
- General and local officers (directory) July 1922, p. 18
- Convention Minutes: Twelfth Convention, Continental Hotel, New York City, October 2, 1922 (call to order, committees, delegates) Oct. 1922, p. 3
- Delegates entitled to seats, by local Oct. 1922, p. 4
- General President's report to the convention, by Joseph A. Mullaney: the three years since Detroit, injunctions, miners and railroad shopmen, wage struggles in Boston and other cities Oct. 1922, p. 5
- Secretary-Treasurer's report to the convention, by Thomas J. McNamara: locals organized, re-organized and disbanded; membership Oct. 1922, p. 12
- Secretary-Treasurer's report: delinquent locals, withdrawal cards, convention time, finances Oct. 1922, p. 18
- Appeals to the convention; wages of the locals since the last convention (1920, 1921, 1922) Oct. 1922, p. 19
- Convention minutes of Wednesday, October 4: committee reports on the President's and Secretary-Treasurer's reports Oct. 1922, p. 21
- Resolutions Nos. 1 and 2: Local 6 and Local 31 territory; Volstead Act Oct. 1922, p. 22
- Resolution No. 3: strike and lockout benefits (disapproved) Oct. 1922, p. 23
- Resolutions Nos. 6 to 10: helpers, improver age limit, out-of-town work, exemption cards, Local 32 territory Oct. 1922, p. 25
- Thursday, October 5: new constitution and by-laws adopted Oct. 1922, p. 28
- Report of the Finance Committee (receipts and expenses for three years) Oct. 1922, p. 36
- Friday, October 6: election of officers (Joseph A. Mullaney and Thomas J. McNamara re-elected) Oct. 1922, p. 37
- General Executive Board meeting of October 7: mortuary fund considered, charters revoked Oct. 1922, p. 39
- Convention side lights; new trade law on out-of-town work and improver age (18 to 25) Oct. 1922, p. 42
- General President's report for the quarter, by Joseph A. Mullaney: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Toledo, Chicago and the Landis Award, the Twelfth Convention Oct. 1922, p. 48
- General and local officers (directory) Oct. 1922, p. 50
In the Library
Pages on this site about the products and companies these issues name:
- Asbestos Rogue’s Gallery Johns-Manville: Johns-Manville, Inc. restores salaries cut 10 per cent on October 1, announced from its St. Louis and Kansas City branches (Jan. 1922, p. 17)
- Asbestos Pipe Insulation and Block Insulation Exposure: Edward Brinker resigns as Vice-President (now estimator for the John Johnson Co., a pipe covering firm in Detroit) (July 1922, p. 11)
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