GS, The Swedish union of forestry, wood and graphical workers, was established June 1 2009 and organizes workers in the forestry, woodworking and graphic industries. The aim of our union is to give the members more value for their membership dues, and to further develop the local union activities. GS organizes approximately 46 000 members. Common for almost all our memebers is that they work with materials derived from the Swedish forestry. Our members plants ands harvests the forest, they make all kinds of wood produkts and they work in sawmills. Our members print magazines, books and posters. Our members produces climate friendly packaging and as builders of wood houses, our members play a cruical role in the climate transition.