The Asbestos Business - 1980 & 1981 (JLM), with Handwritten Cover Note on John Myers' Write-up

A handwritten cover note followed by a typed Union Carbide review of the asbestos business for 1980 and 1981, dated 9/19/80. The review reports record sales, earnings, export growth, 7-day operation of the King City mill, rising plant costs, the effect of health and regulatory pressure and adverse publicity, and the number of liability suits against the company. It closes with the strategic plan for asbestos. The typed text appears three times in the exhibit.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Handwritten cover note (initialed FJS, addressed to RWR) about a 'Good ash. write up' by John Myers, to be used at the budget meeting and in writing up the 1981 ABB
• Pages 2-5: Typed 'The Asbestos Business - 1980 & 1981' (JLM, 9/19/80), first copy, pages 1-4 (UCC 025383-025385; the 4th page is not stamped legibly in OCR)
• Pages 6-9: Second copy of the same typed document, pages 1-4 (UCC 025387-025390)
• Pages 10-13: Third copy of the same typed document, pages 1-4 (UCC 025391-025393)

People and organizations

From JLM (initials shown beneath the title; full name not shown); John Myers (named in the handwritten cover note as the writer of the 'ash. write up'; not clearly identified as the author of the typed document); FJS (initials signing the handwritten cover note) to RWR (addressee of the handwritten cover note (as read from the image)).

• John L. Myers (author)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Atlas Asbestos Company (Coalinga, California) (named)
• GAF Corporation (named)
• Johns-Manville (named)
• Montello (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Supreme Court (named)
• W.R. Grace (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Johns-Manville · OSHA · W.R. Grace.

About this copy

This is document UC-2851 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 13 pages. Production numbers UCC 025382 to UCC 025393.