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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 1952 (Volumes 13 and 14), 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, Volumes 13 and 14
- Date
- 1952
- Rights
- Published in 1952 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, 2.3 MB
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July
20 pp. · PDF, 1.9 MB
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October
36 pp. · PDF, 3.2 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
- Your Pocketbook Is the Issue in 1952 Apr. 1952, p. 6
Employers, Contractors & Agreements
- Local Wage Rates Jan. 1952, p. 2
- Construction Industry Stabilization Commission letter to the Building and Construction Trades Department Jan. 1952, p. 8
- Local Wage Rates (with welfare fund contributions) Apr. 1952, p. 2
- Local Wage Rates (with welfare fund contributions) July 1952, p. 2
- Local Wage Rates Oct. 1952, p. 2
Labor Movement & Legislation
- Truman Dedicates Gompers Square Jan. 1952, p. 3
- Taft-Hartley Repeal Is Labor's Aim Jan. 1952, p. 6
- Protect Your Pay: Give $1.00 to Labor's League for Political Education (page notice) Jan. 1952, p. 11
- Is the Senate for Rich Men Only? (continued from page 15) Jan. 1952, p. 21
- FCDA Labor Advisory Committee (civil defense) Apr. 1952, p. 21
- Millions Spent to Pressure Congress, by James L. McDevitt (1951 lobby report; Walsh-Healy Act) July 1952, p. 6
- The T-H Time Bomb (Taft-Hartley Act) Oct. 1952, p. 27
- The AFL Convention (continued from page 21) Oct. 1952, p. 33
Local Unions & Correspondence
- Correspondence: General Office letter on International officers' stationery Jan. 1952, p. 9
- Minutes of conference meetings: Central States, Middle Atlantic, New England, New York State and others Jan. 1952, p. 12
- Correspondence (Locals 57 Sioux City, 50 Tacoma, 27 Kansas City, and a member's resignation letter on taking a job with Johns-Manville) Apr. 1952, p. 10
- Correspondence (Local 60 Miami outing; Local 16 on Corporal Owen J. Imsdahl, killed in action in Korea) July 1952, p. 6
- Correspondence (Local 69 Salt Lake City on Edward Leslie Johnson killed in Korea; Local 105 Texas City banquet) Oct. 1952, p. 19
Members
- In Memoriam (members' names, registration and local numbers; no causes given) Jan. 1952, p. 7
- In Memoriam: James J. Dalton, International Vice President (Local 3, Cleveland) Apr. 1952, p. 5
- In Memoriam (list of 31 deceased members by name, registration number and local) Apr. 1952, p. 10
- John S. Buckett, Local 17, Chicago: near his 100th birthday, 69 years in the trade (with note of his passing) July 1952, p. 7
- In Memoriam (list of 23 deceased members by name, registration number and local; includes former Vice President Joseph W. Hunter, Local 14) July 1952, p. 7
- In Memoriam (list of 14 deceased members by name, registration number and local) Oct. 1952, p. 27
Special Features
- Contents and Some Facts About Your Cover Picture: the Pentagon Building Jan. 1952, p. 2
- Some Facts About Your Cover Picture (Los Angeles) and Contents Oct. 1952, p. 2
- Christmas Seals Save Lives (tuberculosis appeal) Oct. 1952, p. 19
Union Business
- President's Report, by Joseph A. Mullaney, and General Executive Board meeting notice Jan. 1952, p. 1
- Business Report: new members, members lapsed Jan. 1952, p. 4
- Financial Report Filed (U.S. Department of Labor registration) Jan. 1952, p. 10
- Official Directory (international officers and affiliated local unions) Jan. 1952, p. 16
- Report of the General President, by Joseph A. Mullaney (travels, Vice President Dalton's funeral, "How is the welfare fund getting along?") Apr. 1952, p. 1
- General Executive Board, Annual Session, March 10-13, 1952 (minutes, appeals and decisions) Apr. 1952, p. 3
- Minutes of Conference Meetings: Middle Atlantic, Midwest, Southeast and Western States (welfare plans, work reports, wage and welfare increases) Apr. 1952, p. 12
- Official Directory: International officers and local union directory Apr. 1952, p. 16
- Report of the General President, by Joseph A. Mullaney (conferences; former Vice President Hunter's move to Johns-Manville) July 1952, p. 1
- Business Report: new members, reinstatements and withdrawals July 1952, p. 3
- Minutes of Conference Meetings: Central States, Middle Atlantic, New England States (work reports, Health and Welfare Fund negotiations, Improver-to-Mechanic ratio) July 1952, p. 8
- Official Directory: International officers and local union directory July 1952, p. 12
- Executive Board picture, September 1952 (officers at the Eighteenth Convention) Oct. 1952, p. 1
- Report of the General President (introductory letter, October 8, 1952) Oct. 1952, p. 3
- Eighteenth Convention Proceedings, Los Angeles, September 2-5, 1952: opening, credentials, rules and committee reports Oct. 1952, p. 4
- Newly Elected Vice Presidents, 1952 Convention (Thomas J. O'Neil, Darrell Kammer and others) Oct. 1952, p. 7
- General President's Report to the Eighteenth Convention, by Joseph A. Mullaney (Korean War, Taft-Hartley law, welfare plans, deaths of four former Vice Presidents) Oct. 1952, p. 8
- Report of the Secretary-Treasurer and Financial Statement, July 1947 to July 1952, by C. W. Sickles Oct. 1952, p. 8
- Convention Resolutions and Committee Reports (Resolution 8, interchangeable health and welfare coverage for members who travel; public housing; Navy Yard wage differential) Oct. 1952, p. 11
- General Executive Board, pre-convention session, September 1 Oct. 1952, p. 18
- Business Report: new members and reinstatements Oct. 1952, p. 20
- Minutes of Conference Meetings (Central States, Middle Atlantic, Midwest, New England, New York State, Southeast, Southwest, Western; welfare plan reports) Oct. 1952, p. 22
- Official Directory: International officers and local union directory Oct. 1952, p. 28
In the Library
Pages on this site about the products and companies these issues name:
- Asbestos Rogue’s Gallery Johns-Manville: Correspondence (Locals 57 Sioux City, 50 Tacoma, 27 Kansas City, and a member's resignation letter on taking a job with Johns-Manville) (Apr. 1952, p. 10)
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