GS is a

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

representing workers in the media, forestry and woodworking industries.

History

The union was established on 1 June 2009 through the merging of Swedish Forest and Wood Workers' Union and

Swedish Graphic Workers' Union The Swedish Graphic Workers' Union (, Grafiska or GF) was a trade union representing printing industry workers in Sweden. The union was founded when the Swedish Bookbinders' Union merged with the Swedish Lithographic Union and the Swedish Typ ...

. Like both its predecessors, it affiliated to the

Swedish Trade Union Confederation The Swedish Trade Union Confederation ( ; literally "The National Organisation in Sweden"), commonly referred to as LO (), is a national trade union centre, an umbrella organisation for fourteen Swedish trade unions that organise mainly "blue-c ...

. The merger was originally conceived by the

Swedish Paper Workers' Union The Swedish Paper Workers' Union (, Pappers) is a trade union representing workers in the pulp and paper industry in Sweden. The union was established on 21 June 1920, at a conference in Gävle. It brought together 6,251 workers, most from the ...

, but that union ultimately decided to remain independent. On formation, the union had 52,845 members, but the number has fallen in line with employment in the industries it covers. By 2019, the union had 37,583 members.

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References

* Swedish Trade Union Confederation Printing trade unions Timber industry trade unions Trade unions in Sweden 2009 establishments in Sweden Trade unions established in 2009 {{Sweden-org-stub