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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 1937 (Volumes 10 and 11), 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 10 and 11
- Date
- 1937
- Rights
- Published in 1937 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
36 pp. · PDF, 2.3 MB
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April
36 pp. · PDF, 2.3 MB
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July
40 pp. · PDF, 2.6 MB
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October
68 pp. · PDF, 4.7 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.
Editorials & Essays
- The Convention of the American Federation of Labor (Tampa, November 16-27, 1936): actions taken Jan. 1937, p. 5
- The Editor's Page: Social Security old-age benefits explained Jan. 1937, p. 12
- Business Backs F. D. R. (election returns; Congress of American Industry) Jan. 1937, p. 18
- The Editor's Page: Supreme Court reverses Adkins v. Children's Hospital on minimum wages Apr. 1937, p. 12
- The Editor's Page: Social Security account numbers July 1937, p. 12
- We Bet It Won't (C.I.O. and industrial unionism versus craft unions) July 1937, p. 28
- The Editor's Page: Convention Sidelights Oct. 1937, p. 26
Employers, Contractors & Agreements
- Decisions (New England territorial disputes and other cases) Apr. 1937, p. 9
- Local Wage Rates (table by local and city) Apr. 1937, p. 10
- Local Wage Rates (table by local and city) July 1937, p. 20
- Decisions of the General Executive Board (Local No. 91, Local No. 25 vs. Local No. 47, Local No. 42 and others) Oct. 1937, p. 29
- Letter from Vice-President Dalton on the Stafford Asbestos Company, Grand Rapids, signing the International Agreement (Local No. 47) Oct. 1937, p. 42
Labor Movement & Legislation
- A Drive Worth While (Child Labor Amendment); Private Building statistics Jan. 1937, p. 14
- President Green Says Workers Need $3,600 Per Year Jan. 1937, p. 26
- End of Jurisdiction Disputes in Building Industry (Building Trades Department arbitration plan) Apr. 1937, p. 20
- Social Security Board: old-age benefit and death claims (news item) Apr. 1937, p. 21
- Letter to all organized labor: unemployment report card (government census of the unemployed) Oct. 1937, p. 2
- Telegram from the Building and Construction Trades Department and other greetings to the Convention Oct. 1937, p. 21
- The Supreme Court on a closed-shop Joint Trade Agreement clause (report of Judge Joseph Padway) Oct. 1937, p. 28
- Board Sees Light (National Labor Relations Board ruling on craft unions) Oct. 1937, p. 38
Local Unions & Correspondence
- From the Local Unions (Locals 26 Rochester, 88 Richmond, 48 Atlanta, 78 Birmingham, 25 Detroit and others) Jan. 1937, p. 20
- Minutes of the New York State, New England States and Southeast States Conferences (organization meeting, Birmingham) Jan. 1937, p. 23
- From the Local Unions (Locals 91 White Plains testimonial to Business Agent Brown, 24, 25 and others) Apr. 1937, p. 16
- Minutes of the New England States Conference (New Haven, January 17, 1937) Apr. 1937, p. 22
- Minutes of the Southwest States Conference (Dallas); Atlanta; New York State Conference (Syracuse) Apr. 1937, p. 23
- Local No. 17, Chicago, thanks the General Executive Board for hosting the Fifteenth Convention July 1937, p. 6
- From the Local Unions (Locals 33 New Haven, 32 Newark, 91 White Plains, 9 and others) July 1937, p. 16
- Minutes of the New England States Conference (Boston), New York State (Syracuse), Southwest States (Houston) and Southeast States (Atlanta) Conferences July 1937, p. 22
- Photograph: Convention exercises, Chicago (sideways) Oct. 1937, p. 25
- Official Chicago Convention photograph Oct. 1937, p. 32
- Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Southeast Conference (Atlanta, September 26, 1937) Oct. 1937, p. 36
- From the Local Unions (St. Louis Local No. 1, Kansas City Local No. 27 and others) Oct. 1937, p. 44
Materials & Manufacturers
- Advertisement: P. M. Taft Asbestos Company pipe covering (white gloss finish) Jan. 1937, p. 4
- R. V. Mattison Dies (Dr. Richard V. Mattison, "asbestos king", Keasbey-Mattison Company) Jan. 1937, p. 18
- Advertisement: P. M. Taft Asbestos Company pipe covering (white gloss finish) Apr. 1937, p. 2
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer (C. W. Sickles; Richmond agency of the Carey Company, J-M Company at Charleston, W. Va.) Oct. 1937, p. 34
Members
- In Memoriam (seven members named, no cause given) Jan. 1937, p. 19
- In Memoriam (members named, no cause given) Apr. 1937, p. 19
- "Bob" Stephenson Pensioned (Robert Stephenson, Chicago Local No. 17, started in the craft in 1872) July 1937, p. 15
- In Memoriam (nine members named, no cause given) July 1937, p. 27
- Photograph: International President Joseph A. Mullaney, with dates of office Oct. 1937, p. 1
- Photograph: Vice-President Hugh E. Mulligan Oct. 1937, p. 27
- Photograph: Secretary-Treasurer C. W. Sickles Oct. 1937, p. 35
- Photograph: Vice-President Albert Dalton Oct. 1937, p. 37
- Photograph: Vice-President George R. Hennig Oct. 1937, p. 39
- Newly elected Vice-Presidents: Thomas B. Reed (Houston), John W. Hoff (Boston), Joseph W. Hunter (Philadelphia) Oct. 1937, p. 48
- In Memoriam (members named, no cause given) Oct. 1937, p. 54
The Trade & Its Work
Union Business
- Report of the General President (Joseph A. Mullaney; wage increases, Newark Beers Company shop, Local No. 14) Jan. 1937, p. 8
- Report of the President on trade conditions ("Our material factories are humming"; J-M Christmas bonus to plant and office workers) Jan. 1937, p. 10
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer (C. W. Sickles) Jan. 1937, p. 15
- New, reinstated, suspended and lapsed members Jan. 1937, p. 17
- Official Directory (International officers, conferences, local unions) Jan. 1937, p. 28
- Annual Session of the General Executive Board (March 8-10, 1937; charges, appeals, territorial disputes, audit) Apr. 1937, p. 3
- Report of the General President (Joseph A. Mullaney; Joint Trade Agreements, Child Labor Amendment hearing) Apr. 1937, p. 7
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer (C. W. Sickles) Apr. 1937, p. 14
- New, reinstated, suspended and lapsed members Apr. 1937, p. 15
- Official Directory (International officers, conferences, local unions) Apr. 1937, p. 26
- The Convention Call (Fifteenth Convention, Palmer House, Chicago, September 20, 1937) July 1937, p. 2
- Report of the General President (Joseph A. Mullaney; Joint Trade Agreements, Southwest Conference) July 1937, p. 3
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer (C. W. Sickles) July 1937, p. 7
- New, reinstated and suspended members July 1937, p. 9
- Reports of the Vice-Presidents (Mulligan, Hennig and others) July 1937, p. 13
- Official Directory (International officers, conferences, local unions) July 1937, p. 30
- Convention Cities and Dates (first to fifteenth conventions, 1903-1937) Oct. 1937, p. 2
- The Fifteenth Convention (Palmer House, Chicago, September 20, 1937): opening session, telegrams, credentials, committees Oct. 1937, p. 3
- General President's Report to the Fifteenth Convention (Joseph A. Mullaney; seven years since the last convention, wage rates, seven- and six-hour days, C.I.O.) Oct. 1937, p. 8
- General President's Report: membership loss of 750 since 1930, exemption cards, financial report Oct. 1937, p. 10
- Delegate credentials, local-union roster, and appeals to the Convention Oct. 1937, p. 11
- Official membership buttons; the Journal postcard; Convention rules of order Oct. 1937, p. 14
- Wednesday morning session, September 22: Finance and Audit Committee report Oct. 1937, p. 16
- Convention resolutions (Local No. 12 on New York City territory; death benefit proposal) Oct. 1937, p. 19
- Report of the Committee on Constitution and By-Laws: proposed amendments Oct. 1937, p. 22
- Nominations and election of International officers Oct. 1937, p. 24
- Report of the General President (Denver, October 15, 1937; post-convention activities) Oct. 1937, p. 30
- New, reinstated and suspended members Oct. 1937, p. 40
- Official Directory (International officers, conferences, local unions) Oct. 1937, p. 55
In the Library
Pages on this site about the products and companies these issues name:
- Asbestos Pipe Insulation and Block Insulation Exposure: Advertisement: P. M. Taft Asbestos Company pipe covering (white gloss finish) (Jan. 1937, p. 4)
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