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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 1 issue we have from 1931 (Volume 10), 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 10
- Date
- 1931
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 21415 · asbestosclaims.law/library/21415
- Rights
- Published in 1931 by the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers. The journal was never registered for copyright and no issue was renewed (searched in the Catalog of Copyright Entries and the Copyright Office's records, November 2026); in the public domain in the United States.
The issues
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January
42 pp. · PDF, 2.4 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.
Labor Movement & Legislation
Local Unions & Correspondence
- Correspondence (Locals 43, 14, 22, 7, 84, 6 and others) Jan. 1931, p. 12
- Local 88, Richmond, banquet for General President Mullaney (photograph); Local 84, Akron, and other letters Jan. 1931, p. 18
- Local 94, Oklahoma City (group photograph); Labor Day parade; Central States Conference Jan. 1931, p. 22
Members
- In Memoriam: John Ellswick (Local 8) and John Brown (Local 3) Jan. 1931, p. 34
- In Memoriam: C. D. Noonan (Local 17) and Mathias Gorgas (Local 2) Jan. 1931, p. 32
- Resolution on the death of Phil Trigg, ex-International Vice-President and President of Local 3 (October 24, 1930) Jan. 1931, p. 33
- New Members (registration numbers) Jan. 1931, p. 28
- In Memoriam: Jack O'Connor (Local 64) and John Mangan (Local 3) Jan. 1931, p. 29
- In Memoriam: Louis F. Holland (Local 11) and John Anderson (Local 31) Jan. 1931, p. 30
- In Memoriam: Axel Peterson (Local 12) and Jacob Benjiman Miller (Local 14) Jan. 1931, p. 31
Special Features
The Trade & Its Work
- Why Do We Use Canvas on Pipe Covering? Jan. 1931, p. 7
Union Business
- International Vice-Presidents: Hugh E. Mulligan, Albert Dalton and Carl W. Sickles (with portraits) Jan. 1931, p. 2
- Decision: improvers' dues and the "three dollar minimum" monthly dues law (General President's ruling) Jan. 1931, p. 6
- General Executive Board: Code of Workmanship Jan. 1931, p. 21
- Official Directory (locals, officers, meeting places) Jan. 1931, p. 40
- Official Directory, International Officers and Conference boards Jan. 1931, p. 35
- Secretary-Treasurer's Report (Philip Carey Co. approved-contractor dispute, Oklahoma City; Springfield, Ill.; Evansville charter; Code of Workmanship) Jan. 1931, p. 24
- Withdrawal Cards issued before the 1926 Convention, no report of renewals Jan. 1931, p. 26
In the Library
Pages on this site about the products and companies these issues name:
- Asbestos Pipe Insulation and Block Insulation Exposure: Why Do We Use Canvas on Pipe Covering? (Jan. 1931, p. 7)
Cited on this site
Cite this document
“The Asbestos Worker, 1931.” 1931. The Asbestos Worker, Volume 10. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 21415. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/21415.
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