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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 1954 (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
- 1954
- Rights
- Published in 1954 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, 2.3 MB
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April
28 pp. · PDF, 2.7 MB
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July
24 pp. · PDF, 2.4 MB
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October
28 pp. · PDF, 2.8 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 (with welfare fund contributions) Jan. 1954, p. 2
- Local Wage Rates (with welfare fund contributions) Apr. 1954, p. 4
- Local Wage Rates (with welfare fund contributions) July 1954, p. 2
- Local Wage Rates (with welfare fund contributions) Oct. 1954, p. 2
Labor Movement & Legislation
- 1954 Campaign Starts Now (Labor's League for Political Education) Jan. 1954, p. 1
- Current Issues in Social Security, by Nelson H. Cruikshank (AFL Director of Social Insurance Activities) Jan. 1954, p. 4
- The Supreme Court on social security, Father Higgins on collective bargaining, Seabee Construction Battalions Jan. 1954, p. 7
- NAM statement on the Taft-Hartley law; the new Machinists Building Jan. 1954, p. 11
- Proposed AFL Internal Disputes Plan, address of President George Meany to the Conference of International Representatives of the AFL, Chicago, May 14, 1954 July 1954, p. 1
- Historic Signing of the AFL-CIO No-Raiding Pact (AFL-CIO bury hatchet); prevailing wage laws and the construction industry (Richard Gray) July 1954, p. 3
- AFL Convention Highlights (73rd AFL Convention, Los Angeles: 10-point employment program, Taft-Hartley revision, social security, no-raiding) Oct. 1954, p. 1
- New Secretary-Treasurer of the Building and Construction Trades Department (Frank Bonadio) Oct. 1954, p. 8
Local Unions & Correspondence
- Correspondence (Local 32 Newark first dinner-dance; Local 14 Philadelphia 45th anniversary dinner honoring charter member Joseph Ewen) Jan. 1954, p. 12
- Correspondence (Local 91 White Plains 25th anniversary; Local 19 Milwaukee) Apr. 1954, p. 8
- Correspondence (Locals 58 Montreal and 95 Toronto form an Eastern Canadian Conference; Local 12 New York dinner-dance) July 1954, p. 8
- Correspondence (Local 95 Toronto Labor Day parade; Western States Conference secretary) Oct. 1954, p. 9
Members
- In Memoriam (list of 17 deceased members by name, registration number and local) Jan. 1954, p. 12
- In Memoriam (list of deceased members by name, registration number and local) Apr. 1954, p. 8
- In Memoriam (list of deceased members by name, registration number and local) July 1954, p. 8
- In Memoriam (list of deceased members by name, registration number and local) Oct. 1954, p. 4
Special Features
- Some Facts About Your Cover Picture (Old Faithful, Yellowstone) and Contents Jan. 1954, p. 2
- Some Facts About Your Cover Picture (Bryce Canyon) and Contents Apr. 1954, p. 2
- Some Facts About Your Cover Picture ("The American Creed") and Contents July 1954, p. 2
- Some Facts About Your Cover Picture (AFL Building groundbreaking, Washington) and Contents Oct. 1954, p. 2
- Photograph: International officers and delegates at the special meeting of the Western States Conference, Los Angeles, September 18, 1954 Oct. 1954, p. 5
The Trade & Its Work
Union Business
- Financial Report filed with the Office for the Registration of Labor Organizations; Notice of Executive Board meeting, March 1954 Jan. 1954, p. 8
- Business Report: charters denied, new members and reinstatements Jan. 1954, p. 9
- Minutes of Conference Meetings: Middle Atlantic States, New York State and others (oil refinery work for the Kellogg Co.) Jan. 1954, p. 14
- Official Directory: International officers and local union directory Jan. 1954, p. 16
- General Executive Board, Annual Session, March 1954 (minutes: appeals and charges, Local 13 Jacksonville Shipyard, TVA maintenance work) Apr. 1954, p. 1
- Business Report: new members and reinstatements Apr. 1954, p. 6
- Minutes of Conference Meetings: Middle Atlantic States, Midwest States, New York State, Southeast States, Southwest States, Western States (Long Beach), Central States Apr. 1954, p. 9
- Official Directory: International officers and local union directory Apr. 1954, p. 20
- Business Report: charters issued (Jackson, Miss.; and Texas), new members and reinstatements July 1954, p. 10
- Minutes of Conference Meetings: Middle Atlantic States, Southeast States special meeting, and others July 1954, p. 14
- Official Directory: International officers and local union directory (including maintenance-only locals at Monsanto, Texas City, and others) July 1954, p. 16
- Business Report: charters issued (Roanoke, Va.; Vancouver, B.C.; Eau Claire, Wis.), new members, suspensions and withdrawal cards Oct. 1954, p. 6
- Minutes of Conference Meetings: Eastern Canadian, Middle Atlantic, Central States, Midwest, New York State and New England, Southwest, Western States Oct. 1954, p. 10
- Official Directory: International officers and local union directory Oct. 1954, p. 20
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