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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 1938 (Volume 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, Volume 11
- Date
- 1938
- Rights
- Published in 1938 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, 2.4 MB
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April
36 pp. · PDF, 2.4 MB
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July
39 pp. · PDF, 2.5 MB
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October
34 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.
Editorials & Essays
Employers, Contractors & Agreements
- Decisions (Charles S. Wood & Company vs. New York State Conference and other cases) Jan. 1938, p. 8
- Local Wage Rates (table by local and city) July 1938, p. 8
- Local Wage Rates (table by local and city) Oct. 1938, p. 8
Labor Movement & Legislation
- Letter from William Green, A. F. of L., thanking the International for its pledge of loyalty against the C.I.O. Jan. 1938, p. 16
- Industrial Spy System Disclosed (La Follette Committee) Jan. 1938, p. 17
- Housing (Dr. Gunnar Myrdal on slums); Strikers Do Not Lose Rights as Employees; Future for Coal Ashes?; What Is Unionism? Oct. 1938, p. 4
Local Unions & Correspondence
- Announcement: Local No. 12 testimonial beefsteak dinner Jan. 1938, p. 13
- Photograph: Local No. 22, Houston, twenty-fifth anniversary (sideways) Jan. 1938, p. 14
- Minutes of the New England States Conference (Springfield, November 6, 1937) Jan. 1938, p. 18
- Minutes of the New England States Conference (Hartford, February 26, 1938) Apr. 1938, p. 11
- Minutes of the Southeast States Conference (New Orleans, Local No. 53) and Southwest Conference reports Apr. 1938, p. 14
- From the Local Unions (Local No. 12 New York, Local No. 17, Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, Local No. 21 Dallas and others) Apr. 1938, p. 18
- From the Local Unions (Local No. 34 Minneapolis, Local No. 61 Charlotte, Local No. 5 Los Angeles and others) July 1938, p. 11
- Minutes of the New York State Conference (West Albany, June 12, 1938) July 1938, p. 14
- Minutes of the New England States Conference (Hartford, June 27, 1938) July 1938, p. 19
- From the Local Unions (Local No. 47 Lansing and others) Oct. 1938, p. 11
- Photographs: Southwest Conference luncheon and delegates, Houston Oct. 1938, p. 16
Materials & Manufacturers
- Twenty-fifth Anniversary, Local No. 22, Houston (speakers include a Carey agent and a Johns-Manville engineer) Jan. 1938, p. 15
- From the Local Unions: Local No. 53, New Orleans, signs the four Master Insulators (Johns-Manville, Eagle Asbestos, Mundet Cork, United Cork); Locals 48, 31 and others Jan. 1938, p. 16
- Minutes of the Southwest States Conference (Houston, December 6, 1937): Keasbey and Mattison approved contractors, Armstrong Cork Company, Eagle-Picher, Mundet Cork, Johns-Manville Jan. 1938, p. 20
- The Editor's Page: Labor and Stockholders (Johns-Manville Corporation's annual report to its jobholders) Apr. 1938, p. 10
- Minutes of the New York State Conference (Albany, March 29, 1938): "Una Bestos" molded pipe covering Apr. 1938, p. 12
- Circular to Local Unions: Charlotte, N. C., shops (K & M, J-M and Philip Carey approved contractors); Decisions July 1938, p. 4
- Minutes of the California State Conference (organization): Armstrong Cork Company July 1938, p. 20
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer (C. W. Sickles; Johns-Manville Home Insulation branch and Local No. 32-B, Newark) Oct. 1938, p. 5
- Minutes of the New York State and Southwest States Conferences: Mundet Cork office at Syracuse; Houston luncheon guests from Johns-Manville, Armstrong Cork, Eagle-Picher and Standard Oct. 1938, p. 13
- Minutes of the California State Conference (Los Angeles, September 21, 1938): Armstrong Cork Company and Van Fleet and Frear Oct. 1938, p. 18
- Minutes of the Southeast States Conference: Philip Carey Company approved contractor at Charlotte Oct. 1938, p. 20
Members
- In Memoriam (members named, no cause given) Jan. 1938, p. 7
- In Memoriam (members named, no cause given) Apr. 1938, p. 7
- Photographs: Joseph A. Mullaney fiftieth-anniversary testimonial, Local No. 12, Tower Temple Casino, March 10, 1938 Apr. 1938, p. 16
- In Memoriam (members named, no cause given) July 1938, p. 5
- In Memoriam (members named, no cause given) Oct. 1938, p. 12
The Trade & Its Work
Union Business
- Report of the General President (Joseph A. Mullaney; Denver, Houston anniversary, visits to J.-M., K. & M. and Armstrong offices) Jan. 1938, p. 4
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer (C. W. Sickles) Jan. 1938, p. 9
- New, reinstated, suspended and lapsed members Jan. 1938, p. 10
- Official Directory (International officers, conferences, local unions) Jan. 1938, p. 24
- Annual Session of the General Executive Board (March 7-9, 1938) Apr. 1938, p. 1
- Report of the General President (Joseph A. Mullaney; Rochester strike, agreements) Apr. 1938, p. 4
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer (C. W. Sickles; Mullaney Golden Jubilee gift) Apr. 1938, p. 6
- Charters issued, new, suspended and reinstated members Apr. 1938, p. 9
- Official Directory (International officers, conferences, local unions) Apr. 1938, p. 22
- Report of the General President (Joseph A. Mullaney; Albany, St. Louis, Tacoma and other visits) July 1938, p. 2
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer (C. W. Sickles) July 1938, p. 6
- Minutes of the organization meeting of the Pacific Northwest Conference (Seattle, Tacoma, Portland) July 1938, p. 17
- Official Directory (International officers, conferences, local unions) July 1938, p. 22
- Report of the General President (Joseph A. Mullaney; Standard Asbestos Manufacturing and Insulating Company shop signed; Houston; A. F. of L. and Building Trades conventions) Oct. 1938, p. 2
- Charters issued, new members and withdrawal cards Oct. 1938, p. 6
- Official Directory (International officers, conferences, local unions) Oct. 1938, p. 22
In the Library
Pages on this site about the products and companies these issues name:
- Asbestos Rogue’s Gallery Johns-Manville: Twenty-fifth Anniversary, Local No. 22, Houston (speakers include a Carey agent and a Johns-Manville engineer) (Jan. 1938, p. 15)
- Asbestos Pipe Insulation and Block Insulation Exposure: Minutes of the New York State Conference (Albany, March 29, 1938): "Una Bestos" molded pipe covering (Apr. 1938, p. 12)
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