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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 1946 (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
- 1946
- Rights
- Published in 1946 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, 2.6 MB
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April
36 pp. · PDF, 2.2 MB
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July
43 pp. · PDF, 2.6 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 masthead Jan. 1946, p. 11
- The Asbestos Worker masthead July 1946, p. 6
- The Asbestos Worker masthead Oct. 1946, p. 5
Employers, Contractors & Agreements
- Treasury ruling on income tax withholding and travel pay for Local 2, Pittsburgh (letters from A.F. of L. General Counsel Joseph A. Padway and the Treasury Department) Jan. 1946, p. 6
- Local Wage Rates (hourly scales by city and local) Jan. 1946, p. 12
- Local Wage Rates (hourly scales by city and local) Apr. 1946, p. 10
- Local Wage Rates (hourly scales by city and local) July 1946, p. 10
- Report of the General President (Mullaney: Central States, New York State, Middle Atlantic and Southwest conferences; visits from J-M and Owens-Corning Fiberglas officials; Local 1-B strike against the J-M shop, St. Louis) Oct. 1946, p. 1
- Local Wage Rates (hourly scales by city and local) Oct. 1946, p. 10
- Minutes: Southwest States Conference of Asbestos Workers (Houston, September 14, 1946; employers' committee on the 1947 working agreement) Oct. 1946, p. 16
Labor Movement & Legislation
Local Unions & Correspondence
- Letter from Local 21, Dallas: Southwest States Conference luncheon with employers; wage agreement of $1.00 a day Jan. 1946, p. 11
- Minutes: New York State Conference of Asbestos Workers (Syracuse, December 8, 1945) Jan. 1946, p. 18
- Minutes: Middle Atlantic States Conference of Asbestos Workers (Philadelphia, December 1, 1945) Jan. 1946, p. 19
- Minutes: Western States Conference of Asbestos Workers (Portland, Oregon, November 17, 1945; shipyard strikes in the Bay area) Jan. 1946, p. 21
- Minutes: Southwest States Conference of Asbestos Workers (Dallas, November 26, 1945) Jan. 1946, p. 22
- Minutes: New England States Conference of Asbestos Workers (Boston, December 15, 1945) Jan. 1946, p. 25
- Directory of local unions and home insulator local unions Jan. 1946, p. 28
- Minutes: New York State Conference of Asbestos Workers (Syracuse, March 9, 1946) Apr. 1946, p. 13
- Minutes: New England States Conference of Asbestos Workers (Providence, March 23, 1946; testimonial banquet for John Gaspic) Apr. 1946, p. 14
- Minutes: Middle Atlantic States Conference of Asbestos Workers (Philadelphia, March 2, 1946) Apr. 1946, p. 16
- Minutes: Southeast States Conference of Asbestos Workers (Atlanta, March 30, 1946) Apr. 1946, p. 18
- Directory of local unions and home insulator local unions Apr. 1946, p. 22
- Letters from locals: Local 14, Philadelphia, "Veterans' Night" (May 1); Boston and other locals honor returned service men July 1946, p. 16
- Minutes: Western States Conference of Asbestos Workers (Los Angeles, June 26, 1946; shipyard jobs ending, Consolidated Steel Shipyard) July 1946, p. 21
- Minutes: New York State Conference of Asbestos Workers (Syracuse, June 8, 1946; new $1.87 1/2 rate; notice to the Robert A. Keasbey Co. of its new wage rate in the Buffalo area) July 1946, p. 23
- Minutes: New England States Conference of Asbestos Workers (Boston, June 15, 1946; improver apprenticeship in the states) July 1946, p. 24
- Minutes: Middle Atlantic States Conference of Asbestos Workers (Philadelphia, June 1, 1946) July 1946, p. 25
- Directory of local unions and home insulator local unions July 1946, p. 29
- Minutes: New England States Conference of Asbestos Workers (New Haven, September 28, 1946; on-the-job training for veterans) Oct. 1946, p. 13
- Minutes: Middle Atlantic States Conference of Asbestos Workers (Philadelphia, September 7, 1946) Oct. 1946, p. 15
- Minutes: Southeast States Conference of Asbestos Workers (Atlanta, September 28, 1946) Oct. 1946, p. 18
- Minutes: Central States Conference of Asbestos Workers (Cleveland, July 28, 1946; concluded after the directory) Oct. 1946, p. 19
- Directory of local unions and home insulator local unions Oct. 1946, p. 22
Members
- Photograph page of members (scan bound reversed) Jan. 1946, p. 4
- In Memoriam (list of deceased members, with registration numbers and locals) Jan. 1946, p. 5
- In Memoriam (list of deceased members, with registration numbers and locals) Apr. 1946, p. 12
- In Memoriam (list of deceased members, with registration numbers and locals) July 1946, p. 9
- In Memoriam (list of deceased members, with registration numbers and locals) Oct. 1946, p. 3
The Trade & Its Work
Union Business
- Report of the General President (Mullaney: Middle Atlantic, New York State and New England conferences; Wage Stabilization Board succeeded by the Wage Adjustment Board) Jan. 1946, p. 3
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer (Baltimore, Charleston, Savannah, Dallas, New Orleans, New Haven; Reilly-Benton Company dispute at Clinton, Tennessee) Jan. 1946, p. 8
- Notice of General Executive Board meeting (March 11, 1946) Jan. 1946, p. 9
- Charters disbanded (Local 52, Superior, Wis., Globe Shipyard; Local 98, Portland, Maine); new members; withdrawal cards Jan. 1946, p. 14
- Official Directory (International officers, state conferences, affiliated cities) Jan. 1946, p. 26
- Annual Session of the General Executive Board (March 11-14, 1946: charter petitions for Port Arthur, Beaumont and Orange, Texas, and Vancouver, B.C.; trial decisions; audit) Apr. 1946, p. 1
- Report of the General President (Mullaney: Baltimore, Philadelphia and Providence conferences) Apr. 1946, p. 5
- New members initiated; reinstatements; the Asbestos Worker masthead Apr. 1946, p. 6
- Official Directory (International officers, state conferences, affiliated cities) Apr. 1946, p. 20
- Report of the General President (Mullaney: Local 32, Philadelphia "Veterans' Night", Washington, Boston, New England conference) July 1946, p. 1
- General President's report continued (Local 6-B progress; Local 12 elections) July 1946, p. 2
- Charters issued (Local 23, Boise; Local 99, Winnipeg) and reinstated; new members; withdrawal cards July 1946, p. 12
- Official Directory (International officers, state conferences, affiliated cities) July 1946, p. 27
- Charter issued (Local 82, Oak Ridge, Tenn., Clinton Engineer Works maintenance only); new members; reinstated and lapsed members Oct. 1946, p. 6
- Official Directory (International officers, state conferences, affiliated cities) Oct. 1946, p. 20
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