Federation of General and Special workers in Iceland (SGS), is a federation of trade unions in the private sector and part of the public sector. SGS promotes and works for the improvement of wages and rights of employees, safeguards the interests of employees towards employers and the authorities and provides various services to its trade unions and individual members. SGS is built up of 19 trade unions of general and special workers, with a total of around 53.000 members. SGS is five main branches are food and agriculture, building and construction, service and tourism, industry, and public services. SGS is a member of ASÍ the Confederation of trade unions in Iceland. SGS is an active member of various Nordic and European organisations i.e.: IN-Nordic, NU-Livs, NU-HRCT, NBTF, IndustriAll, and EFFAT.