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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 1953 (Volume 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, Volume 14
- Date
- 1953
- Rights
- Published in 1953 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
23 pp. · PDF, 1.9 MB
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April
28 pp. · PDF, 2.7 MB
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July
20 pp. · PDF, 1.8 MB
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October
28 pp. · PDF, 2.7 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.
Employers, Contractors & Agreements
- Local Wage Rates Jan. 1953, p. 2
- Local Wage Rates (with welfare fund contributions) Apr. 1953, p. 2
- Notice Sent to Affiliated Local Unions by Direction of the General Executive Board, March 23, 1953 (complaints on work conduct, stewards' wages, emergency men) Apr. 1953, p. 6
- Local Wage Rates (with welfare fund contributions) July 1953, p. 2
- Local Wage Rates (with welfare fund contributions) Oct. 1953, p. 2
Labor Movement & Legislation
- President Green Is Dead (William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, 1924-1952) Jan. 1953, p. 3
- Two U. A. Men to the Top (George Meany, new AFL president; Martin P. Durkin, Secretary of Labor) Jan. 1953, p. 7
- AFL President George Meany's address to the National Press Club Jan. 1953, p. 13
- Congress and labor news: Labor's League for Political Education drive; G.I. disability insurance; Davis-Bacon wage records letter (Labor Department) July 1953, p. 7
- Social Security Benefits; Taft-Hartley law and the construction industry (Senator Taft and Richard Gray) July 1953, p. 17
- Meany Labels the Taft-Hartley Act Oppressor of Workers (AFL President George Meany to the Hod Carriers and Common Laborers) Oct. 1953, p. 1
- New Secretary of Labor Silent on T-H Views (James P. Mitchell replaces Martin P. Durkin) Oct. 1953, p. 3
- Dulles Credits AFL with Exploding of Red Myth Oct. 1953, p. 9
Local Unions & Correspondence
- Champion Marchers in Toronto (Local 95, Labor Day parades) Jan. 1953, p. 9
- Correspondence (Local 14 on the death of William Scout, financial secretary for over 40 years; Local 64 Tulsa; Syracuse dinner dance) Apr. 1953, p. 9
- Correspondence (Local 89 Trenton 25th anniversary dinner) July 1953, p. 8
- Correspondence (Local 16 San Francisco strike ended; Denver; Local 4 Buffalo dinner; Local 37 Evansville first party) Oct. 1953, p. 4
Members
- In Memoriam (list of deceased members by name, registration number and local) Jan. 1953, p. 6
- In Memoriam (list of deceased members by name, registration number and local) Apr. 1953, p. 9
- In Memoriam (list of deceased members by name, registration number and local) July 1953, p. 8
- In Memoriam (list of deceased members by name, registration number and local) Oct. 1953, p. 5
Special Features
- Some Facts About Your Cover Picture (Glacier National Park) and Contents Jan. 1953, p. 2
- 18th Convention Banquet, Biltmore Bowl, Los Angeles, September 5, 1952 (photographs) Jan. 1953, p. 10
- Some Facts About Your Cover Picture (Yosemite National Park) and Contents Apr. 1953, p. 2
- Dinner for Secretary of Labor Martin P. Durkin tendered by Vice President Hugh E. Mulligan during the General Executive Board session (photograph) Apr. 1953, p. 10
- Some Facts About Your Cover Picture (Pike's Peak) and Contents July 1953, p. 2
- Some Facts About Your Cover Picture (Mount Rushmore) and Contents Oct. 1953, p. 2
- AFL convention photographs: Sickles with United Association officers; Mulligan, Sickles and Hullinghorst Oct. 1953, p. 6
The Trade & Its Work
Union Business
- Report of the General President, by Joseph A. Mullaney (death of William Green; George Meany and Martin P. Durkin; notice of General Executive Board meeting, March 9, 1953) Jan. 1953, p. 1
- Business Report: charters, new members and reinstatements Jan. 1953, p. 4
- Financial Report filed with the Office for the Registration of Labor Organizations, U.S. Department of Labor (year ending December 31, 1952); William F. Schnitzler, new AFL Secretary-Treasurer Jan. 1953, p. 8
- Minutes of Conference Meetings (Middle Atlantic States, New York State and others) Jan. 1953, p. 14
- Official Directory: International officers and local union directory Jan. 1953, p. 18
- Report of the General President, by Joseph A. Mullaney (Local 46 Knoxville hearing; funeral in Albany; welfare coverage) Apr. 1953, p. 1
- General Executive Board, Annual Session, March 9-12, 1953 (minutes; Local 46 Knoxville; resignation of International Supervisor Joseph E. Cole for health reasons) Apr. 1953, p. 3
- Business Report: charters, new members and reinstatements Apr. 1953, p. 7
- Minutes of Conference Meetings: Central States, Middle Atlantic States, Midwest States, Southeast and Southwest States, Western States Apr. 1953, p. 11
- Official Directory: International officers and local union directory Apr. 1953, p. 20
- Report of the General President, by Joseph A. Mullaney (Meany testimonial dinner; wage increases in more than a third of the locals) July 1953, p. 1
- Business Report: new members and reinstatements July 1953, p. 4
- Minutes of Conference Meetings: Middle Atlantic States, New England States and others July 1953, p. 10
- Official Directory: International officers and local union directory July 1953, p. 12
- Business Report: charters, new members, reinstatements and withdrawal cards Oct. 1953, p. 7
- Minutes of Conference Meetings: Central States, Midwest, Middle Atlantic, New York State, Southeast, Southwest Oct. 1953, p. 10
- Special Meeting of the New York State Locals and Employers' Representatives Re: Welfare Funds (with the New York State Conference, Syracuse, October 6, 1953) Oct. 1953, p. 13
- Official Directory: International officers and local union directory Oct. 1953, p. 22
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