MAKE ONE STEP FORWARD!

PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS

Autonomous Trade Union of Employees in Banks, Insurance

Companies and Other Financial Organizations of Serbia

In partnership with

Friedrich Ebert Foundation

Who are we?

SS BOFOS - The Autonomous Trade Union of

Employees in Banks, Insurance Companies and Other

Financial Organizations of Serbia is one of 28

autonomous trade unions representing different

branches and constituting the Confederation of

Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia.

What are our advantages?

• The representative branch union with the best developed personnel and technical infrastructure in

this country;

• We are affiliated to the Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia that is the oldest and

largest trade union center in the country;

• We extend legal assistance to each of our members;

• We are active member of the most important international trade union organizations.

What is our goal?

The Autonomous Trade Union of Employees in Banks, Insurance

Companies and other Financial Organizations of Serbia is aimed at

promotion, preservation and improvement of workers’ rights achieved,

professional, economic and social interests of its members in

compliance with the highest international labour standards and

following the best practices in Europe.

What do we advocate?

• Equal treatment for everyone at the time of getting employed;

• Good working conditions;

• Health and social protection and safety at work;

• Possibility of personal advancement and creation of such a working

environment where employees will be motivated, satisfied and dedicated to

their work;

• Protection of workers’ rights through freedom to organize and free

expression;

• Freedom from any form of discrimination at workplace;

• Adequate protection from mobbing and all forms of harassment and

degradation at workplace.

What are our most important activities?

• Labour and legal protection of members;

• Collective bargaining and collective agreements conclusion at respective levels;

• Participation in collective labour disputes settlement;

• Protection of our members at the time of privatization of companies, structural changes and

redundancies;

• Representing interests of our members in cooperation with trade unions of other countries, and SS

BOFOS’ position strengthening in the international trade union organizations;

• Influence on state institutions aimed at preservation and protection of already achieved labour and

social rights;

• Upgrading the quality of existing services and introduction of new ones to membership

What do we fight against? • Disrespect of regulations;

• Understanding of a union as a remnant of the

communist ideology;

• Denying workers’ right to a holiday;

• Unrecorded and unpaid overtime;

• Mobbing;

• Burnout syndrome;

• All forms of discrimination at workplace;

• Missed chances for professional advancement due

to not knowing elementary labour rights;

• Violation of privacy at workplace.

How do we fight mobbing?

• We offer advice to union members who are mobbing victims in the “Anti-mobbing counseling office” of

SS BOFOS;

• We have established a team of anti-mobbing trainers and advisors who offer key information to the

SS BOFOS members with the aim to prevent and fight mobbing;

• We cooperate closely with relevant experts in the field of protection from mobbing;

• We organize seminars and training in prevention and protection from mobbing,

• We inform our members on a regular basis about all activities of the SS BOFOS in struggle against

mobbing.

What do we attach a special importance to?

1. Education

• We hold numerous educational seminars for the SS BOFOS members:

• We organize and participate in presentations, tribunes and other specialized meetings aimed at our

members’ education.

2. Information and communication

• We inform our members objectively and thoroughly on all activities of the SS BOFOS;

• We have developed a modern and efficient information system by means of the Internet

presentation of our union, electronic newspaper and reports;

• We communicate on a regular basis with our members and receive information on their needs, ideas

and problems.

3. Sport and recreation

• We regularly organize sport competitions called “Bofosijada”;

• Members of the SS BOFOS compete at workers’ sport gatherings of the Confederation of

Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia;

• When holding seminars, we also organize various excursions.

Who do we cooperate with?

• SS BOFOS is a full member of the World Organization of Workers

(WOW) with head office in Brussels;

• A very successful cooperation has been realized with the Danish

KRIFA and the Dutch CNV Internationaal;

• Friendly and cooperative relations have been established with the

Trade Union of Financial Organizations of Montenegro, the Trade Union of

Financial Organizations of Macedonia, the Trade Union of Financial

Organizations of the Republic of Srpska, the Autonomous Trade Union of

employees in Financial Organizations of the Federation of BiH and the Trade

Union of Financial Organizations of Slovenia (SDOS);

• We develop good cooperation with Greek trade unions: the branch

Trade Union of Greek Banks OTOE, the Trade Union of the National Bank of

Greece and the Trade Union of the EFG Eurobank;

• We have established cooperation with the Trade Union of

Fondiaria SAI from Italy, the Trade Union of Financial Organizations of

Italy (FISAC-CGIL), the Trade Union of Banks of Cyprus (ETUK), Austrian

Trade Union FCG/GPA, the European works council of the Erste Bank and the

Trade Union of Employees in Indian banks (AIBEA).

Our vision

• The union easily recognized both within this country and abroad having well arranged

internal and external relations,

• The union able to foresee and manage changes,

• The union that provides through social dialogue the highest standards of economic and

social justice for all of its members as well as preservation of their personal integrity and

dignity;

• The union for which its members’ satisfaction is in the first place.

Our mission

• Realization of rights and protection of professional, economic and social interests

of members by means of good collective agreement;

• Development of negotiating capacity;

• Improvement of services quality extended to members and introduction of new

ones;

• Efficient management of membership dues, finding new possibilities of financing,

budget planning and efficient system of control.

Our values * Knowledge and skills

* Creativity

* Responsibility

* Honesty

* Consistency

* Persistence

* Trust

* Respect

* Integrity

Who are our affiliates

SS BOFOS consists of a number of trade union organizations:

• Conference of Trade Unions of the Vojvodjanska Bank a.d. Novi Sad

• Conference of Trade Union Organizations of the DDOR a.d.o. Novi Sad

• Trade Union Organization of Autonomous Trade Union of the Erste Bank a.d. Novi sad

• Trade Union Organization of Autonomous Trade Union of the Development Bank of Vojvodina

• Trade Union Organization of Autonomous Trade Union of the Srpska Bank a.d.

• Trade Union Organization of Autonomous Trade Union of the Komercijalna Bank a.d. Belgrade

• Trade Union Organization of Autonomous Trade Union of the KBC Bank a.d. Belgrade

• Trade Union Organization of Autonomous Trade Union of the Belgrade stock exchange a.d.

• Trade Union Organization of Autonomous Trade Union of the “Raiffeisen Bank” a.d. Belgrade

• Trade Union Organization of Autonomous Trade Union of the Privredna Bank a.d. Belgrade

• Trade Union Organization of Autonomous Trade Union of the EFG Bank a.d. Belgrade

BY JOINING THE SS BOFOS, EMPLOYEES IN THESE FINANCIAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE MADE

THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS PROTECTION OF THEIR RIGHTS!

YOU MAKE IT, TOO

Contacts

The Autonomous Trade Union of Employees in Banks,

Insurance Companies and other Financial Organizations of Serbia (SS BOFOS)

Address:

5/III, Nikola Pasic Sq.

11000 Belgrade

Serbia

Phones:

+381 (0) 11 33 35 192

+381 (0) 64 8960027

+381 (0) 25 420 2 96

International Department

+381 (0) 11 333 51 80

Fax

+381 (0) 11 33 35 193

+381 (0) 25 438872

E-mail: bofos@sndikat.rs

Web page: htpp://www.bofos.org.rs