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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 1949 (Volume 13), 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 13
- Date
- 1949
- Rights
- Published in 1949 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
24 pp. · PDF, 2.1 MB
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April
24 pp. · PDF, 2.1 MB
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July
24 pp. · PDF, 2.1 MB
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October
24 pp. · PDF, 1.9 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
- Editorial: Excess Profits Threaten Economic Stability Jan. 1949, p. 3
- Editorial: Labor Faces Uphill Fight Apr. 1949, p. 3
- Editorial: You and the Federal Reserve Board Oct. 1949, p. 3
Employers, Contractors & Agreements
- Local Wage Rates Jan. 1949, p. 9
- Local Wage Rates Apr. 1949, p. 9
- New England conference: Springfield steamfitters' strike over a hospitalization and insurance plan (Local 43 report) Apr. 1949, p. 14
- Local Wage Rates Oct. 1949, p. 9
Labor Movement & Legislation
- American Labor in 1949, a New Year's Day statement by the Secretary of Labor; Facts About Infantile Paralysis Jan. 1949, p. 4
- Financial Report Filed with the Office for the Registration of Labor Organizations, U.S. Department of Labor Jan. 1949, p. 7
- Business Journal Admits Failure of T-H Law, by Arnold Beichman Jan. 1949, p. 8
- Labor's League for Political Education: First Three Months of 81st Congress, by Joseph D. Keenan Apr. 1949, p. 7
- Correspondence: Secretary of Labor Tobin thanks the International for supporting the President's Conference on Industrial Safety July 1949, p. 8
- Label Department Urges Big "Buy-Union" Drive Oct. 1949, p. 13
Local Unions & Correspondence
- Testimonial dinner tendered John W. Hoff by Local 6, Boston (photographs) Jan. 1949, p. 10
- Correspondence: 20th Anniversary Dinner Tendered to John W. Hoff, Boston; Bay City, Michigan; Local 4 pre-Christmas banquet, Buffalo (contractors' association guests including Armstrong Cork representatives) Jan. 1949, p. 12
- Minutes of conference meetings: Central States, Middle Atlantic, New England Jan. 1949, p. 14
- Correspondence: Local 25, Detroit, dinner-dance; presentation to President Mullaney by Local 89, Trenton (continued, with In Memoriam) Apr. 1949, p. 6
- Minutes of conference meetings: Central States, Middle Atlantic, New England, Southeast and others Apr. 1949, p. 12
- Correspondence: Local 36, Portland, banquet; Local 51, Louisville, relief committee report July 1949, p. 8
- Photographs: banquet tendered by Local 36 July 1949, p. 11
- Minutes of conference meetings: Central States, Middle Atlantic, New England, Southwest (luncheon guests included Armstrong Cork representatives), Western States July 1949, p. 12
- Photograph: second annual supper-dance of Local 18, Indianapolis Oct. 1949, p. 8
- Correspondence: Local 106, El Paso, charter installation; Tulsa Local 64 agreement with Standard Asbestos Manufacturing and Insulating Company (12 1/2-cent increase); Louisville Local 51 thanks; National Labor Relations Board letter Oct. 1949, p. 11
- Correspondence: Local 18, Indianapolis; Southwest States conference photograph (Borger); Local 37 Labor Day float Oct. 1949, p. 12
- Minutes of conference meetings: Middle Atlantic, New England, Southwest, Western and others Oct. 1949, p. 14
Members
- Vice President Hullinghorst (portrait page) Jan. 1949, p. 1
- Vice President Henry H. Thompson, serving his 7th year as Vice President (portrait page) Apr. 1949, p. 1
- Correspondence from Louisville, Local 51: the death of members in a highway accident Apr. 1949, p. 5
- In Memoriam (members' names, registration and local numbers; no causes given) Apr. 1949, p. 6
- Vice President William Howell, serving his second year as Vice President (portrait page) July 1949, p. 1
- Contributions to Local 51, Louisville (fund for families of members killed and injured in an automobile accident) July 1949, p. 5
- In Memoriam (members' names, registration and local numbers; no causes given) July 1949, p. 8
- Secretary-Treasurer C. W. Sickles, starting his 16th year as Secretary-Treasurer (portrait page) Oct. 1949, p. 1
- Contributions to Local No. 51 (fund for families of members killed and injured in an automobile accident) Oct. 1949, p. 7
- In Memoriam (members' names, registration and local numbers; no causes given) Oct. 1949, p. 12
Special Features
- Contents and Some Facts About Your Cover Picture (cover: the Washington Monument) Jan. 1949, p. 2
- Contents and Some Scientific Facts (contents page) Apr. 1949, p. 2
- Back-page notice of the Cleveland meeting, May 18-22, 1949 Apr. 1949, p. 22
- Contents and Some Facts About Your Cover Picture (cover: the Department of Labor) July 1949, p. 2
- Contents and Some Scientific Facts (cover: the Federal Reserve building) Oct. 1949, p. 2
Union Business
- President's Report, by Joseph A. Mullaney Jan. 1949, p. 2
- Business Report: new members, withdrawal cards, members lapsed Jan. 1949, p. 5
- Official Directory (international officers and affiliated local unions) Jan. 1949, p. 17
- President's Report, by Joseph A. Mullaney Apr. 1949, p. 2
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer, C. W. Sickles Apr. 1949, p. 4
- Business Report: charters issued (Local 105, Texas City, maintenance only for Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation; Local 302-B, San Jose), new members, withdrawal cards, members lapsed Apr. 1949, p. 10
- Official Directory (international officers and affiliated local unions) Apr. 1949, p. 17
- President's Report, by Joseph A. Mullaney July 1949, p. 2
- General Executive Board, Annual Session (April 25-29, 1949, New Orleans) July 1949, p. 3
- Business Report: charters issued, new members, members lapsed July 1949, p. 6
- Official Directory (international officers and affiliated local unions) July 1949, p. 17
- President's Report, by Joseph A. Mullaney Oct. 1949, p. 2
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer, C. W. Sickles Oct. 1949, p. 4
- Business Report: charter issued (Local 109, Los Alamos, N. Mex.), new members, withdrawal cards, members lapsed Oct. 1949, p. 10
- Official Directory (international officers and affiliated local unions) Oct. 1949, p. 17
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