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- One minute interview
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What book are you currently reading?
“Right now I’m reading Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, by Facebook’s CEO Sheryl Sandberg. It is interesting for women. Sheryl Sandberg describes how life is for female leaders in a male world. My bible is Bringing Out the Best in People by Aubrey C. Daniels.
Which work tool do you appreciate the most in your office?
“This one,” she says and holds her mobile up.
“I wouldn’t even know where I was supposed to be without my iPhone.”
As a child, what did you want to become when you grew up?
“I wanted to become an independent person.
What is your hidden talent?
“I have a good intuition when it comes to human nature. Don’t know whether that is a hidden talent.
- Facts about VR
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VR is the largest trade union within the Icelandic Confederation of Labour, ASÍ, counting 30,000 members. They earn on average 480,000 Icelandic kroner, or €3,090, a month.
The members are shop and office workers and people employed in various kinds of commercial enterprises. Their level of education varies widely. Fewer than 10 percent of the members are on the minimum wage.
VR was originally an industry and commerce trade union, but became a wage earners’ organisation in 1955. The first woman was admitted in 1906. Today VR is a women’s organisation; women make up 60 percent of the members.
VR has had 33 presidents over the years, until now all men. The first female leader, Ólafía B. Rafnsdóttir, was elected President in 2013.
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