Yolanda Díaz, second vice president and acting Minister of Labor, PSOE It is a change of representation for a Government agreement. social dialogue Giving small and medium-sized businesses more say. So, who is sitting at the tables where future labor and pension reforms and so on are being negotiated? “We will work to bring the representation office in line with the current legislation in Europe,” he said during his visit to the employers’ association of Catalan small and medium-sized companies. Pimek.
“This country will not have completed its democratic transition until we, SMEs, are established in the decision-making centres,” the Pimec chairman insisted. Antoni Canete. And the business has been pushing for some time to get to the negotiating table and have a say on issues that directly affect its partners, such as how much the minimum wage should increase.
Currently, business representation at the state level rests solely with the CEOE, an organization that does not represent all employers and is charged with responding only to the interests of large corporations. They were promoted by Pimec ConpymesIt is an alternative employer association that aims to bring together small and medium-sized businesses. The vice president did not give further details about the timing or what they thought was appropriate within the scope of social dialogue for more employer organisations, reiterating that SMEs “need their own perspective”.
PSOE has also been winking at CEOE’s alternative employer association in recent months. For example, ten days before the general election on 23 July, Ministers of Transport Raquel Sánchez and Ministers of Industry Héctor Gómez (both currently in office) attended the closing of the Conpymes general assembly. “We recognize the need for a representative social dialogue,” the industry head said at the time.