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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 1925 (Volume 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, Volume 4
- Date
- 1925
- Rights
- Published in 1925 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
24 pp. · PDF, 1.2 MB
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April
24 pp. · PDF, 1.3 MB
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July
22 pp. · PDF, 1.0 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
- Editorial page Jan. 1925, p. 7
- Attend Your Union Meetings Apr. 1925, p. 2
- Editorial page Apr. 1925, p. 7
- Wayne B. Wheeler and 4.4 beer in Ontario Apr. 1925, p. 13
- Labor Day July 1925, p. 2
- Editorial page July 1925, p. 9
- Editorial page Oct. 1925, p. 7
- What Is a Trade Union? Oct. 1925, p. 12
Employers, Contractors & Agreements
- General Executive Board: conference on the Carey Company and the Philip Carey Manufacturing Company (non-union shops at Detroit, Toledo and Chicago) Jan. 1925, p. 4
- General President's Report: Norristown shop (Asbestos Insulation Company) struck by Local 14 and gone non-union; Philadelphia and Baltimore agreements with a five-cent increase Jan. 1925, p. 12
- General President's Report: Local 14 (Philadelphia) strike against the K. & M. shop for employing non-union workers; K. & M. penalized $100 Apr. 1925, p. 3
- General President's Report: Carey Conference and settlement of the Carey shop issue at Detroit Apr. 1925, p. 4
- Wages of Various Locals and Time of Expiration Apr. 1925, p. 20
- General President's Report: Tulsa Local 64 strike; Standard Asbestos Company, Tulsa branch, running non-union and declared unfair July 1925, p. 4
- General President's Report: Mundet & Sons (cork insulation) shop at Cincinnati and New York unionized for Local 8 July 1925, p. 4
- General President's Report: visit to the J-M shop at Cleveland; J-M Chicago shop agrees to the 'Carey settlement' terms for Local 17 July 1925, p. 5
- General President's Report: Mohawk Valley Asbestos Company signs with Local 40; Armstrong Detroit shop hires Local 25's former business agent as foreman July 1925, p. 5
- Wages of Various Locals and Time of Expiration of Agreement July 1925, p. 15
- To All Affiliated Locals: Pittsburgh Local 2 deadlock with Johns-Manville, Keasbey & Mattison and Armstrong Cork Co. broken; Johns-Manville agrees all work out of its Cleveland office to be done by the membership Oct. 1925, p. 16
Labor Movement & Legislation
- General President's Report: Child Labor Amendment gathering at Albany; A.F. of L. and Building Trades Department conventions at El Paso Jan. 1925, p. 12
- General President's Report: Albany labor legislation; state insurance exclusively for compensation lost Apr. 1925, p. 4
- Building Trades Department: meeting of the general presidents at the Winton Hotel, Cleveland, April 1925 (Cleveland council election) Apr. 1925, p. 8
- Building Trades Department: proceedings of April 13 and April 15, 1925 Apr. 1925, p. 9
- Supreme Court destroys Kansas Industrial Court Apr. 1925, p. 19
- Food cost rise for St. Louis is 14 per cent in year July 1925, p. 12
- Unions asked to aid publicity campaign (union label trades department) July 1925, p. 16
- General President's Report: Building Trades Department and A.F. of L. conventions at Atlantic City; William Green elected president Oct. 1925, p. 4
- American Federation of Labor News: insurance favored for auto victims, extension of state compensation, and other items Oct. 1925, p. 14
Local Unions & Correspondence
- Correspondence: New Orleans, Louisville, Local 6 Boston, Vice-President Johnson on Providence Local 31 fines, and others Jan. 1925, p. 14
- Local 6 (Boston) get-together dinner, January 26, 1925 Jan. 1925, p. 20
- Correspondence: Boston Local 6 and Springfield Local 43 three-year agreement, Detroit Local 25 and others Apr. 1925, p. 14
- Correspondence: Boston Local 6 elections and others Apr. 1925, p. 15
Members
- In Memoriam: Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor Jan. 1925, p. 10
- Samuel Gompers: life history Jan. 1925, p. 11
- General President's Report: the passing of Brother John McCormick, Business Agent of Local 14 Jan. 1925, p. 13
- In Memoriam: Harry Ross (Local 36) Jan. 1925, p. 16
- In Memoriam: John J. McCormick and Allen B. Ewen (Local 14, Philadelphia) Jan. 1925, p. 17
- In Memoriam: Henry Braun, foreman for Johns-Manville Co. and former treasurer of Local 6; Ed Krusberg (Local 34) Jan. 1925, p. 18
- General President's Report: Brother 'Allie' Ewen, former Vice-President, drowned when his launch went down Apr. 1925, p. 5
- In Memoriam: Edward Emerson and Guy V. Jackson (Local 16) Apr. 1925, p. 16
- In Memoriam: Charles Dugan (Local 32) Apr. 1925, p. 17
- In Memoriam: Frank Smith, business agent of Local 23 (Montreal) July 1925, p. 14
- In Memoriam: Grant Fleschert (Local 1), Samuel Curry, and others (Local 32) Oct. 1925, p. 10
- In Memoriam: John Schmelesky (Local 2, Pittsburgh) Oct. 1925, p. 11
Special Features
- Photograph (faded and rotated; caption unreadable) Jan. 1925, p. 9
- Photograph: insulators at the St. Louis Transit Company's Power House, 1900, taken on the job on which the foundation of the National Association was laid Apr. 1925, p. 6
- Photograph: Miss Bessie Schofield, winner at the grand drawing at Local 3's annual outing, to represent 'Miss Asbestos' for the coming year July 1925, p. 10
- Photograph: annual outing of Asbestos Workers Local 3, Cleveland, August 8, 1925, at Maria's Grove July 1925, p. 13
The Trade & Its Work
- General Executive Board: 'decorative muslin' decision affecting acoustic work referred to the next Convention Jan. 1925, p. 5
- General President's Report: Local 8 (Cincinnati) 'better work' program and its law expelling members who take bonus money Apr. 1925, p. 3
- General President's Report: New York City Joint Trade Board decides for Local 12 on the installation of certain trade materials Oct. 1925, p. 4
- Progress toward jurisdictional adjustments between the Plasterers and the Bricklayers (agreement of October 2, 1925) Oct. 1925, p. 6
Union Business
- General Executive Board: minutes of the between-convention session, McAlpin Hotel, New York, January 1925 Jan. 1925, p. 2
- General Executive Board: membership insurance discussed and referred to the Convention Jan. 1925, p. 5
- General Executive Board: audit of receipts and expenditures Jan. 1925, p. 6
- Decision: Roevens vs. Local 10, New Orleans Jan. 1925, p. 8
- General President's Report Jan. 1925, p. 12
- New Members Jan. 1925, p. 19
- Official Directory: General Officers and Local Union Officers Jan. 1925, p. 21
- General President's Report Apr. 1925, p. 3
- Secretary-Treasurer's Report: wage increases and agreements Apr. 1925, p. 11
- New Members Apr. 1925, p. 12
- Official Directory: General Officers and Local Union Officers Apr. 1925, p. 21
- General President's Report July 1925, p. 4
- Decisions Rendered by the International President: Local 2 vs. Brown et al., Local 2 vs. Gerolinich, Paul et al. vs. Local 14 July 1925, p. 6
- Secretary-Treasurer's Report: charter issued to South Bend, Indiana (Local 75) July 1925, p. 10
- New Members July 1925, p. 11
- Official Directory: General Officers and Local Union Officers July 1925, p. 17
- Convention Call: Thirteenth Convention, Washington, D.C., January 11, 1926 Oct. 1925, p. 3
- General President's Report Oct. 1925, p. 4
- Decisions Rendered by the International President: Local 40 vs. Nygren; Local 71 vs. Bancroft and McIntosh Oct. 1925, p. 5
- Secretary-Treasurer's Report: agreements, Local 55 (Little Rock) disbanded Oct. 1925, p. 8
- New Members Oct. 1925, p. 9
- Official Directory: General Officers and Local Union Officers Oct. 1925, p. 17
In the Library
Pages on this site about the products and companies these issues name:
- Asbestos Rogue’s Gallery Johns-Manville: In Memoriam: Henry Braun, foreman for Johns-Manville Co. and former treasurer of Local 6; Ed Krusberg (Local 34) (Jan. 1925, p. 18)
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