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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 1943 (Volume 12), 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 12
- Date
- 1943
- Rights
- Published in 1943 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, 2.8 MB
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April
44 pp. · PDF, 2.9 MB
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July
40 pp. · PDF, 2.6 MB
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October
44 pp. · PDF, 3.1 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
Editorials & Essays
- Editorial page (masthead; notice of General Executive Board meeting, March 1943) Jan. 1943, p. 9
- Mr. Captain Rickenbacker (editorial reply to Eddie Rickenbacker on the "closed shop") Apr. 1943, p. 9
- Editorial page (masthead; Laco Roofing and Asbestos Company declared unfair; Corning Glass Company, an entity of Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, and Local 26) Apr. 1943, p. 11
- Editorial page (masthead; wage board order continued) Oct. 1943, p. 15
- We Must Face It (essay on the crossroads facing organized labor) Oct. 1943, p. 22
Employers, Contractors & Agreements
- Local Wage Rates (including Navy Yard and shipyard rates at Charleston, Mare Island and South Portland) Jan. 1943, p. 12
- Local Wage Rates Apr. 1943, p. 12
- Editorial page (masthead) and Craft Notes: Johns-Manville Pittsburgh Home Insulation Branch and Local 2-B petition the War Labor Board; Smith-Connally Law July 1943, p. 11
- Local Wage Rates July 1943, p. 12
- Local Wage Rates Oct. 1943, p. 12
Labor Movement & Legislation
- Green Denounces NLRB Complaint Against Kaiser as "Axis Victory" (West Coast shipyards) Jan. 1943, p. 20
- Labor Day celebrations to promote the sale of War Bonds (announcement) July 1943, p. 2
- U.S. Department of Labor determination on premium compensation (holiday provisions) in the building and construction trades July 1943, p. 39
- Vicious Labor-Haters Got Their Answer (Government agencies on war production; records set in shipyards, aircraft factories and ordnance plants) Oct. 1943, p. 2
- Wage Adjustment Board Reorganized (Administrative Order amended at the request of the National War Labor Board) Oct. 1943, p. 14
- President Green's Reply to the American Legion commander at the Sixty-third AFL Convention Oct. 1943, p. 18
Local Unions & Correspondence
- Correspondence: letters from Lt. Eddie H. Parker (Camp Blanding), Abe Goldberg (Local 6) and Local 4, Buffalo, on a War Bond drive Jan. 1943, p. 8
- Minutes of New York State Conference of Asbestos Workers, Syracuse, December 12, 1942 Jan. 1943, p. 21
- Minutes of New England States Conference, Boston, December 19, 1942 Jan. 1943, p. 22
- Minutes of Middle Atlantic States Conference, Wilmington, December 5, 1942 Jan. 1943, p. 23
- Minutes of Joint Meeting of Pacific Northwest and California State Conferences, Klamath Falls, November 8, 1942 Jan. 1943, p. 24
- Minutes of Central States Conference, Columbus, Ohio, January 3, 1943 Jan. 1943, p. 26
- Letters: Local 4, Buffalo, declares the Laco Roofing and Asbestos Company of Jamestown unfair; Foster-Wheeler subcontract jobs in Pennsylvania oil fields Apr. 1943, p. 24
- Minutes of Middle Atlantic States Conference, Newark, March 6, 1943 Apr. 1943, p. 26
- Minutes of New England States Conference Apr. 1943, p. 27
- Minutes of Southeast States Conference Apr. 1943, p. 28
- Minutes of New York State Conference, Syracuse Apr. 1943, p. 29
- Letters: Plasterers Local 125 (Paducah) to President Mullaney; Baltimore letter to Secretary Sickles on the industry's war work July 1943, p. 18
- Minutes of Southwest States Conference, San Antonio, April 17, 1943, and Dallas, June 19, 1943 July 1943, p. 19
- Minutes of Middle Atlantic States Conference, Philadelphia, June 5, 1943 July 1943, p. 21
- Minutes of New York State Conference, Syracuse, June 12, 1943 (death of Thomas J. Lyons noted) July 1943, p. 22
- Minutes of New England States Conference, Providence, June 26, 1943 (shipyard work, Martha's Vineyard, synthetic rubber plant) July 1943, p. 23
- Minutes of Southeast States Conference, Savannah, June 26, 1943 July 1943, p. 24
- Minutes of Pacific Coast conference meeting July 1943, p. 26
- Letter from Local 17, Chicago, on payments to members in service and the Insulating Contractors of Chicago fund Oct. 1943, p. 20
- Letter from Texas State Conference of the Operative Plasterers and Cement Finishers thanking the Asbestos Workers Oct. 1943, p. 21
- Minutes of New England States Conference, Boston, October 2, 1943 (Rhode Island Covering Company complaints against Local 31) Oct. 1943, p. 26
- Minutes of Middle Atlantic States Conference, Philadelphia, September 1943 Oct. 1943, p. 27
- Minutes of New York State Conference, Buffalo, August 21, 1943 Oct. 1943, p. 28
- Minutes of Southeast States Conference, Knoxville, September 11, 1943 Oct. 1943, p. 29
Members
- In Memoriam: nine members named (Locals 5, 6, 12, 14, 17, 18, 24, 25, 34) Jan. 1943, p. 5
- Honor Roll: Members Who Have Joined the Armed Forces Jan. 1943, p. 10
- Brother John "Buddy" Hoff, Local 6, Coast Guard cutter crewman (photograph) Apr. 1943, p. 6
- Our First Recorded Casualty: Brother Arthur LeRoy Hand, Local 96, Merchant Marine, killed in action (photograph) Apr. 1943, p. 14
- In Memoriam: twenty-three members named (Locals 2-B, 5, 6, 12, 14-B, 16, 17, 21, 22-B, 25, 32, 40, 42, 56, 96) Apr. 1943, p. 15
- Brother Thomas Doyle, Asbestos Worker serving in Algeria (Ernie Pyle column) Apr. 1943, p. 20
- Honor Roll: Members Who Have Joined the Armed Forces Apr. 1943, p. 22
- Honor Roll: Members Who Have Joined the Armed Forces July 1943, p. 5
- Brother James Mangin, Jr., Local 32, killed in action as a bomber gunner July 1943, p. 14
- In Memoriam: twelve members named, including former Secretary-Treasurer Peter Jessen (Locals 1, 11, 14-B, 18, 25, 32, 34, 45, 87) July 1943, p. 15
- Honor Roll: Members Who Have Joined the Armed Forces Oct. 1943, p. 6
- In Memoriam: members named (Locals 2, 5, 14, 14-B, 17, 19, 25, 55 and others) Oct. 1943, p. 16
Special Features
- The Greatest Mother in the World (American Red Cross War Fund poster) Apr. 1943, p. 2
- Photograph: Group of Knoxville, Tenn., Local 46 and Southeast States Conference delegates Oct. 1943, p. 5
- Photograph: Thirty-first Anniversary Dinner Dance, Dallas, Local 21 Oct. 1943, p. 11
- Photograph: banquet tendered by Minneapolis and St. Paul, Local 34 Oct. 1943, p. 17
The Trade & Its Work
Union Business
- Report of the General President, Columbus, Ohio, January 3, 1943 (AFL Convention at Toronto; Laco shop of Jamestown and the Carey Company; decision in Local 26 vs. Fred Pask and Fred J. Pask) Jan. 1943, p. 3
- War Bonds Purchased by Our International and Affiliated Local Unions Jan. 1943, p. 6
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer, Columbus, Ohio, January 3, 1943 (charters: Local 52 Newport News revoked; Norfolk Navy Yard reorganized) Jan. 1943, p. 14
- New members, suspended members and reinstatements Jan. 1943, p. 15
- Official Directory, Meeting Places and Addresses of Secretaries Jan. 1943, p. 27
- General Executive Board annual meeting, Washington, March 8-12, 1943 (Armstrong Cork Company superintendent appears; Badham Insulation Company complaints; Wage Stabilization) Apr. 1943, p. 3
- Report of the General President, Washington, April 2, 1943 (Armstrong Cork Company, Mundet Cork Corporation, Brooks-Fisher and Badham meetings; Local 9 Navy Yard and Local 83 charters) Apr. 1943, p. 7
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer (with new members and suspensions) Apr. 1943, p. 16
- Official Directory, Meeting Places and Addresses of Secretaries Apr. 1943, p. 31
- Report of the General President, Elmhurst, L. I., June 30, 1943 (Local 51 collective-form agreement; Wage Adjustment Board appearance with manufacturers' representatives; death of Peter Jessen) July 1943, p. 3
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer, Washington, June 20, 1943 (with new members and suspensions) July 1943, p. 7
- Official Directory, Meeting Places and Addresses of Secretaries July 1943, p. 27
- Report of the General President, Boston, October 9, 1943 (Local 98 South Portland charter reissued; conferences with employers; AFL and Building Trades Department conventions) Oct. 1943, p. 3
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer (charter reinstated, Local 98 South Portland shipyard; new members and suspensions) Oct. 1943, p. 8
- Official Directory, Meeting Places and Addresses of Secretaries Oct. 1943, p. 31
In the Library
Pages on this site about the products and companies these issues name:
- Asbestos Rogue’s Gallery Johns-Manville: Editorial page (masthead) and Craft Notes: Johns-Manville Pittsburgh Home Insulation Branch and Local 2-B petition the War Labor Board; Smith-Connally Law (July 1943, p. 11)
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