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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 2 issues we have from 1933 (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
- 1933
- Rights
- Published in 1933 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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July
30 pp. · PDF, 1.5 MB
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October
36 pp. · PDF, 1.9 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
- Paper Approves Morrison's Attack on Accident Toll Oct. 1933, p. 13
Editorials & Essays
- "The Forgotten Man" (from Union Labor, Indianapolis) July 1933, p. 19
- Forty-Six Years Ago (Gompers on machinery and shorter hours); Children vs. Black Bass Oct. 1933, p. 8
- Self-Confidence Oct. 1933, p. 15
- Outside Interference (antiunion employers and national trade associations) Oct. 1933, p. 17
Employers, Contractors & Agreements
- To Ban Bid Peddling July 1933, p. 7
- Secretary-Treasurer's Report (continued): Anheuser-Busch brewery, St. Louis, and the building trades; Local 90, Memphis agreement; new and lapsed members July 1933, p. 14
- Decision by International Vice-President Carl W. Sickles: Local 43, Springfield, vs. Ernest S. Carlson (violation of the International Code of Workmanship on the Worcester County Tuberculosis Hospital job) Oct. 1933, p. 16
Labor Movement & Legislation
- Attention! Wage Earners and Salaried Workers Everywhere (Section 7 of the National Industrial Recovery Act) July 1933, p. 1
- President Roosevelt on living wages and the Industrial Recovery Bill (continuation of the General President's Report) July 1933, p. 5
- An Ordinance Governing the Letting of Contracts for Public Work, City of St. Louis (eight-hour day, prevailing wage) July 1933, p. 8
- The President's Interpretation (Industrial Recovery bill: codes of fair competition, right to organize) July 1933, p. 16
- Industrial Recovery Bill (main features of the measure) July 1933, p. 17
- Letter to the officers and membership, August 30, 1933: three sectional wage scales on Public Works Administration jobs, and the craft code Oct. 1933, p. 1
- General President's Report (continued): Public Works Administration allotments, minimum wage zones and the NRA drive; "There can be only one code in our craft" Oct. 1933, p. 3
- Green Invites Organized Labor to Gompers Memorial Unveiling Oct. 1933, p. 5
- "Unemployable Group" (men over 50 and the Joint Trade Agreement) Oct. 1933, p. 6
- Must Tighten Belts; New York Labor Plans Job Insurance Drive; Strong Unions Are Needed Oct. 1933, p. 9
- Green Calls on Labor to Oppose Inflation Plans (A. F. of L. convention, Washington) Oct. 1933, p. 23
- Green Calls on Labor to Oppose Inflation Plans (continued); "Don't" list on organizing; Dr. John A. Ryan on the Industrial Recovery Act Oct. 1933, p. 24
Local Unions & Correspondence
Members
- In Memoriam: W. E. Grant (Local 24) and Arthur Evans (Local 2) July 1933, p. 20
- W. J. Spencer, AFL Official, Dies (Building Trades Department secretary-treasurer, died April 24th after "several months' illness") July 1933, p. 21
- In Memoriam: Geo. E. Brown (Local 5) and Daniel J. Ryan (Local 11) Oct. 1933, p. 18
- In Memoriam: Thomas Richards (Local 3) Oct. 1933, p. 19
- In Memoriam: Joseph Grabovac (Local 12) and Joseph Paetow (Local 11) Oct. 1933, p. 20
- In Memoriam: C. A. Schaffer (Local 12) Oct. 1933, p. 21
Special Features
- July 4th, 1933: Independence Day July 1933, p. 2
- Fall (seasonal cover plate with NRA "We Do Our Part" emblem) Oct. 1933, p. 2
- Cartoon: "Reserved" (NRA, AAA and inflation at the table) Oct. 1933, p. 22
Union Business
- General President's Report (Philip Carey outlet at Norristown, Local 38 and the Schooley (Carey) job, New York State Conference, Washington labor conference, Local 24; steel market and wages) July 1933, p. 4
- Secretary-Treasurer's Report: fines not paid, charters issued (Local 48, Atlanta, reorganized), visit to Kansas City Local 27 July 1933, p. 12
- Suspended Members (list) July 1933, p. 15
- Official Directory, International officers, conferences and local unions July 1933, p. 22
- General President's Report (conferences with Locals 40, 4, 24, 42 and 11; NRA code sessions in Washington; Delmarva shop at Wilmington signs the Joint Trade Agreement; employers' code and the West Coast filing) Oct. 1933, p. 2
- Editorial page: masthead and statement of ownership and circulation Oct. 1933, p. 7
- Secretary-Treasurer's Report, Third Quarter 1933 (Local 37 Evansville, Local 27 Kansas City, Wood River charter, Anheuser-Busch brewery pipe coverers; fines not paid) Oct. 1933, p. 10
- Secretary-Treasurer's Report (continued): fines paid, new charges Oct. 1933, p. 11
- Secretary-Treasurer's Report (continued): charters issued (Locals 49, 52, 53, 55, 56), lapsed and new members Oct. 1933, p. 12
- Suspended Members (Action of Executive Board) Oct. 1933, p. 13
- Official Directory: International officers, conferences and local unions Oct. 1933, p. 25
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