Trades Union records in Britain for the genealogist

The most recent Toronto Family History Centre Bulletin has an item on trades union resources at the University of Warwick, Modern Records Centre, including a collection of UK trade union, employers' and trade association archives. They have genealogical guides for: Blacksmiths, Forge & Smithy Workers; Boilermakers; Bookbinders; Bricklayers; Brushmakers; Bus & Cab Workers; Carpenters; Carvers;  Compositors; Decorators; Gilders; Ironfounders; Joiners;  Lithographic Workers; Miners; Painters; Papermakers; Picture-frame Makers; Plasterers; Printing Workers; Quarrymen; Railwaymen; Seamen; Shipwrights & Shipbuilders; Steam Engine Makers; Stonemasons; Telegraphists; Tramway Workers; Typefounders; Woodworkers.

There is also a 20,000 entry index to obituaries for Stonemasons and Quarrymen from all over England, and some further afield, at http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/subject_guides/family_history/stone/ with nearly .