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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 1941 (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
- 1941
- Rights
- Published in 1941 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
40 pp. · PDF, 2.5 MB
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April
40 pp. · PDF, 2.5 MB
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July
44 pp. · PDF, 2.7 MB
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October
40 pp. · PDF, 2.5 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
- General Executive Board on the application of glass insulation: skin irritation testimony, respirators, and referral to the 1942 Convention Apr. 1941, p. 4
- Glass Insulation To Date: Local Union action on glass insulation (premiums, goggles, respirators, gloves) July 1941, p. 18
- Minutes of the Central States Conference, Huntington, W. Va.: members describe effects of glass insulation July 1941, p. 23
- Local No. 26, Rochester, notifies Locals it will not handle Fiberglas Insulation: injurious effects and Corning Glass Works dispute Oct. 1941, p. 12
- Members' letters on injuries from glass wool (Locals 45 and 47) and an affidavit on skin irritation while working for the Armstrong Cork Company, Baltimore Oct. 1941, p. 12
- Glass Insulation To Date (continued): Local Union decisions on premiums and safeguards Oct. 1941, p. 18
Editorials & Essays
- The Editor's Page (notice of March 1941 Board meeting) Jan. 1941, p. 9
- Frank W. Leahy (with photograph) Apr. 1941, p. 12
- The Editor's Page July 1941, p. 17
- The Editor's Page Oct. 1941, p. 14
Employers, Contractors & Agreements
- War Department, Office of the Quartermaster General: asbestos workers' work on Army defense projects to be let on a lump sum basis, with the Secretary-Treasurer's notice to Locals Jan. 1941, p. 3
- Local Wage Rates (hourly scales by city) Jan. 1941, p. 10
- General Executive Board: members directed not to work on any operation of The M. W. Kellogg Company Apr. 1941, p. 4
- Local Wage Rates (hourly scales by city) Apr. 1941, p. 10
- Local Wage Rates (hourly scales by city) July 1941, p. 10
- Kellogg in Line: notice to Locals confirming The M. W. Kellogg Company will employ members, removed from the unfair list July 1941, p. 12
- Corning Glass Works controversy with Rochester Local 26 not settled; no action against glass insulation on defense projects (notice) July 1941, p. 19
- Local Wage Rates (hourly scales by city) Oct. 1941, p. 10
Labor Movement & Legislation
Local Unions & Correspondence
- Correspondence: Local 53 luncheon for the Southwest Conference, New Orleans; Local 21 luncheon at Baker Hotel, Dallas; Locals 90, 43, 51 and others Jan. 1941, p. 12
- Minutes of the Southwest States Conference, New Orleans (guests from Eagle Asbestos & Packing, United Cork, Mundet Cork, Taylor-Seidenbach; Armstrong Cork representative sent regrets) Jan. 1941, p. 17
- Minutes of the New England States Conference of Asbestos Workers Jan. 1941, p. 18
- Minutes of Special Meeting of the Southeast Conference of Asbestos Workers (sewed canvas clause; War Department contracts; unskilled new members) Jan. 1941, p. 20
- Minutes of the New York State Conference of Asbestos Workers (Binghamton, Oswego power house) Jan. 1941, p. 21
- Minutes of the California State Conference of Asbestos Workers Jan. 1941, p. 25
- Minutes of the Middle Atlantic States Conference of Asbestos Workers, Trenton Apr. 1941, p. 19
- Minutes of the New England States Conference of Asbestos Workers Apr. 1941, p. 20
- Minutes of the Pacific Northwest Conference of Asbestos Workers Apr. 1941, p. 22
- Minutes of the Southwest and California conferences (Owens-Corning Fiberglas understanding; Corning Glass Works pipe covering) Apr. 1941, p. 23
- Correspondence: Local 17 improvers (seventy granted membership), Local 11, Local 90 and Hunter testimonial in Philadelphia July 1941, p. 14
- Minutes of the New England States Conference of Asbestos Workers July 1941, p. 25
- Minutes of the Middle Atlantic States Conference of Asbestos Workers July 1941, p. 26
- Minutes of the New York State Conference of Asbestos Workers July 1941, p. 27
- Minutes of the Virginia State Conference of Asbestos Workers July 1941, p. 29
- Correspondence: Local 22 Labor Day parade; Local 25 on the illness of Mrs. Detlefs; Locals 6, 26, 45, 47 and others Oct. 1941, p. 14
- Minutes of the Central States Conference of Asbestos Workers, Youngstown Oct. 1941, p. 20
- Minutes of the New York State Conference of Asbestos Workers (glass insulation premium; protective devices) Oct. 1941, p. 21
- Minutes of the Southwest States Conference of Asbestos Workers Oct. 1941, p. 22
- Minutes of the New England States Conference of Asbestos Workers Oct. 1941, p. 23
Members
- In Memoriam: deceased members (Locals 5, 5-B, 6, 10, 12, 14 and others) Jan. 1941, p. 5
- In Memoriam: deceased members Apr. 1941, p. 18
- In Memoriam: deceased members (Local 5 and others) July 1941, p. 9
- In Memoriam: deceased members Oct. 1941, p. 16
Special Features
- Special meeting of Local No. 90 and travelers on Dupont (Memphis) operation, attended by President Mullaney and Secretary-Treasurer Sickles (photograph) Jan. 1941, p. 3
- Photograph: Local 90, Memphis, on conclusion of the DuPont job July 1941, p. 3
- Photograph: Local No. 24, Washington, D. C., picnic July 1941, p. 8
- Photograph: Local No. 11, Baltimore, annual outing July 1941, p. 13
- Photograph: Asbestos Workers Class 1941, Improvers granted membership by Local 17, Chicago July 1941, p. 20
- Local No. 6 outing at Fieldston on the Atlantic, Marsh-field, Mass., August 2, 1941 Oct. 1941, p. 13
The Trade & Its Work
Union Business
- Report of the General President (Johns-Manville office conferences on Local 6-B and 32-B agreements; plasterers agreement; trip to New Orleans) Jan. 1941, p. 1
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer, with charters and new members Jan. 1941, p. 6
- Notice to all Locals on Social Security tax exemption for labor unions Jan. 1941, p. 8
- Resignation of Vice-President Thos. B. Reed (letter from Houston) Jan. 1941, p. 12
- Official Directory, Meeting Places and Addresses of Secretaries Jan. 1941, p. 26
- Annual Session of the General Executive Board (minutes, March 10-14, 1941) Apr. 1941, p. 1
- General Executive Board: military service withdrawal cards and mortuary benefit; improver age limit; Local 79 under supervision; building trades resolution on defense project fees Apr. 1941, p. 5
- Report of the General President (Owens-Corning Fiberglas conference on Local 26 complaint; Plasterers; General Asbestos & Insulation Company and Carey representatives at Evansville) Apr. 1941, p. 8
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer Apr. 1941, p. 14
- Editor's Page, with charters and new members Apr. 1941, p. 15
- Official Directory, Meeting Places and Addresses of Secretaries Apr. 1941, p. 26
- Report of the General President (Kellogg Company signs; Owens-Corning Fiberglas and Corning Glass Works wage-loss claim of Local 26; Office of Production Management) July 1941, p. 1
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer, with charters and new members July 1941, p. 4
- Notice to members: not to leave the United States to work at the craft except on defense projects July 1941, p. 22
- Official Directory, Meeting Places and Addresses of Secretaries July 1941, p. 30
- Report of the General President (Riley Stoker Corporation, McCone-Parsons Corporation agreements; jurisdiction; Building Trades Department) Oct. 1941, p. 1
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer (funeral of former Armstrong Cork Company shop superintendent; plea for more asbestos workers) Oct. 1941, p. 6
- Charters issued and revoked, and new members Oct. 1941, p. 7
- Official Directory, Meeting Places and Addresses of Secretaries Oct. 1941, p. 26
In the Library
Pages on this site about the products and companies these issues name:
- Asbestos Rogue’s Gallery Johns-Manville: Report of the General President (Johns-Manville office conferences on Local 6-B and 32-B agreements; plasterers agreement; trip to New Orleans) (Jan. 1941, p. 1)
- Asbestos Pipe Insulation and Block Insulation Exposure: Minutes of the Southwest and California conferences (Owens-Corning Fiberglas understanding; Corning Glass Works pipe covering) (Apr. 1941, p. 23)
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