VR (the Store and Office Workers’ Union) was founded in 1891 by wage earners and employers in the commercial area as Verzlunarmannafélag Reykjavíkur and became a pure union of wage earners on the 28th of February 1955. The union’s name was changed to VR at the annual general meeting on the 26th of April 2006.
The purpose of the union is to work on improved terms and increased rights of its members.
The president of VR is Ragnar Þór Ingólfsson.