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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 1935 (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
- 1935
- Rights
- Published in 1935 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
24 pp. · PDF, 1.5 MB
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April
34 pp. · PDF, 2.1 MB
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July
58 pp. · PDF, 3.8 MB
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October
36 pp. · PDF, 2.3 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.
Editorials & Essays
- The Asbestos Worker: editorial page (usefulness of workers over forty) Apr. 1935, p. 12
- The Asbestos Worker: editorial page (child labor after the NRA codes) July 1935, p. 10
- Recovery Up to Building Industry, by John T. Flynn July 1935, p. 24
Employers, Contractors & Agreements
Labor Movement & Legislation
- Majority Rule in Collective Bargaining (Wagner Labor Relations Bill) Apr. 1935, p. 11
- What Labor Wants (William Green; share of manufacturing output going to labor) Apr. 1935, p. 16
- Building Trades Department circular (March 7, 1935) Apr. 1935, p. 17
- Collective Bargaining Majority Rule Firmly Defended by Green, in Statement to Labor Committee Apr. 1935, p. 22
- Labor Union Dues Are Held Tax Free, by Godfrey N. Nelson July 1935, p. 3
- Wagner-Connery Act (Labor Disputes Act) July 1935, p. 8
- Roosevelt Appoints Berry (NRA continued to April 1, 1936; new NRA boards) July 1935, p. 9
- Social Security Bill (Wagner-Lewis); Dependent Mothers and Children July 1935, p. 22
- Supreme Court "Consistency" (NRA and child labor tax) July 1935, p. 25
- Legislative History of Labor Day Resolution (Congressional Record, 1894; Senate Considers Kyle Bill) July 1935, p. 44
- Report of Delegate to Building Trades Department convention (stray pages from the January 1935 issue) July 1935, p. 50
- American Federation of Labor convention, Atlantic City, 1935: summary of actions (craft unionism, Kohler Company, label) Oct. 1935, p. 3
- Building Trades agreement with Teamsters and others on jurisdiction (text of agreement, continued) Oct. 1935, p. 8
- WPA Administrative Order No. 26, superseding Order No. 15 (organized labor on relief projects) Oct. 1935, p. 11
- WPA wage rates and the building trades (continuation of the report; wage order text) Oct. 1935, p. 14
- New Labor Board (National Labor Relations Board members; Edwin S. Smith) Oct. 1935, p. 23
- The Twenty-Ninth Annual Convention of the Building Trades Department, Atlantic City (report of delegate and resolutions) Oct. 1935, p. 34
Local Unions & Correspondence
- Correspondence: death of Nelly E. McNamara, sister of the late Secretary-Treasurer (Local 1); New York State Conference (Syracuse, October 13, 1934) Jan. 1935, p. 10
- Correspondence: Local 16 San Francisco on the General President's visit; Dallas meeting with employers including Armstrong Cork and Insulating Company; Locals 88, 5, 18 and others Jan. 1935, p. 11
- Correspondence (continued): Locals 5, 18, 34 and others on the General President's and Secretary-Treasurer's visits Jan. 1935, p. 12
- Correspondence: Local 17 Chicago asks to postpone the convention and pay "death claims"; Houston, Birmingham, Atlanta, Indianapolis and others Apr. 1935, p. 18
- Correspondence (continued): Birmingham, Atlanta (Local 48) and Indianapolis; Local 30 and Southwest Conference Apr. 1935, p. 19
- New York State Conference minutes (March 1935) and Building Trades report Apr. 1935, p. 21
- Correspondence: Locals 26, 44, 51, 64 (Tulsa agreements with insulating companies), 12, 30 and others July 1935, p. 15
- Minutes of the New York State Conference of Asbestos Workers (Syracuse, April 13, 1935) July 1935, p. 17
- Minutes of the New England Joint Conference of Asbestos Workers (Springfield, Mass., May 12, 1935: non-union Underground Steam Construction Co. at Monson State Hospital PWA job) July 1935, p. 18
- Stray pages from an earlier issue: New York State Conference minutes (August 1934), letters of Rev. N. H. Cruikshank and Albert J. Smith July 1935, p. 46
- Minutes of meeting of New York State Conference of Asbestos Workers (Syracuse, July 13, 1935) Oct. 1935, p. 6
- Special Meeting of New England States Conference (September 14, 1935: strike committee, agreements) Oct. 1935, p. 7
- Correspondence: Vice President Mulligan and Local 1 (Armstrong shop strike settled; wage $1.25 an hour; Shell Petroleum job at Wood River); Locals 31, 21, 33 and others Oct. 1935, p. 20
- Correspondence: Local 21 Dallas, Local 33 White Plains, Local 43 Springfield and others on new trade agreements Oct. 1935, p. 21
Members
- In Memoriam: Joseph Martin, James Smith (Local 2), Herbert Hasselback, George Langham, Henry Maine (Local 12), A. E. Gooding, A. Cottingham (Local 25), Lawrence Rackel (Local 30), Albert Renaux (Local 31), Frank E. Fitzgerald (Local 32), Hans Martinsen (Local 92) Jan. 1935, p. 9
- In Memoriam: Ed. Grau, Fred Liddington (Local 3), Harry Russell (Local 6), Jay Ruhnke, Wm. Prevost (Local 14), Clyde Weaver, Fred Semler, Wm. T. Moroney (Local 17), Victor E. McLelland (Local 24), Oscar Anderson (Local 31), V. W. Martin (Local 51), R. E. Hines (Local 87) Apr. 1935, p. 14
- In Memoriam: Harry ("Peter") Davis, Treasurer of Local 42 Apr. 1935, p. 15
- In Memoriam: A. Wagner (Local 2), John Manson, Fred Knudsen (Local 6), John Dunwoody, John Dobud, Wm. Spence (Local 12), Thomas J. Heard (Local 14), Louis Lester (Local 25), L. H. Ahlborn (Local 79), F. C. Gokee (Local 82) July 1935, p. 20
- In Memoriam: J. H. Hermanson (Local 5), George Frooks (Local 8), Peter Akerson (Local 12), John Johnson (Local 31), M. Kotlarich, A. Dougherty (Local 32), Dan McIver (Local 47) Oct. 1935, p. 15
Special Features
- Holiday Greetings from Your Officers Jan. 1935, p. 2
- Declaration of Independence (illustrated page: "They can't say this is not constitutional") July 1935, p. 2
- Among Our Souvenirs: first Pittsburgh local, Labor Day 1903 (photograph, Local Union No. 10040, later Local 2) July 1935, p. 19
- Air-Conditioning (from The Annalist; growth of the industry) July 1935, p. 21
Union Business
- The Building Trades Department: affiliated International Unions and new address (Machinists' Building, Washington) Jan. 1935, p. 3
- Report of the General President (Western trip, American Federation of Labor and Building Trades conventions, Asbestos Contractors National Association divisions, J-M shop officials at Albany, code wage rates) Jan. 1935, p. 4
- Report of Delegate to American Federation of Labor Convention (San Francisco, fifty-fourth annual convention) Jan. 1935, p. 6
- Charters issued (Shreveport, Sioux City), new members, reinstated and returning members Jan. 1935, p. 8
- Official Directory, International officers Jan. 1935, p. 14
- Official Directory: local unions (Locals 1-94) Jan. 1935, p. 15
- Notice on copy deadlines for the Journal (first day of January, April, July and October) Apr. 1935, p. 2
- Minutes of the General Executive Board, Washington, March 11-15, 1935 (trials and appeals; jurisdiction at Pittsburgh; postponement of the 1935 Convention) Apr. 1935, p. 3
- Report of the General President (March 16, 1935: visits to Locals, Armstrong Cork conference on cork slabs, postponing the Convention to 1937) Apr. 1935, p. 8
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer (March 16, 1935: New England trip, PWA regulations, Department of Labor building dedication) Apr. 1935, p. 13
- Official Directory, International officers Apr. 1935, p. 24
- Official Directory: local unions (Locals 1-94) Apr. 1935, p. 25
- Report of the General President (Carey shop at Buffalo and Article 7 of the Joint Trade Agreement, Local 4 audit, Sprinkman shop strike at Milwaukee, end of the NRA codes) July 1935, p. 4
- General President's decisions on appeals (Locals 35, 4, 26) and Local 32 unemployment fund July 1935, p. 6
- The Convention Referendum (1935 Convention postponed until September 1937) July 1935, p. 7
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer (Newark and Baltimore audits, New England Joint Conference, Locals visited) July 1935, p. 11
- New Members and Members Lapsed (lists) July 1935, p. 13
- Official Directory, International officers July 1935, p. 26
- Official Directory: local unions (Locals 1-94) July 1935, p. 27
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer, December 15, 1934 (stray page from the January 1935 issue) July 1935, p. 57
- Notice: this issue two weeks late; future copy deadlines Oct. 1935, p. 2
- Report of the General President (Armstrong Cork shop strike in St. Louis, Joint Trade Agreement for Local 1, WPA "security" wages, Atlantic City conventions) Oct. 1935, p. 12
- The Asbestos Worker masthead (editor C. W. Sickles) and editorial matter Oct. 1935, p. 16
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer (Richmond, Baltimore and New England agreements and strikes; $1 a day increases) Oct. 1935, p. 17
- New Members (list) Oct. 1935, p. 19
- Official Directory, International officers and conferences Oct. 1935, p. 24
- Official Directory: local unions (Locals 1-94) Oct. 1935, p. 26
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