Employers’ association of small and medium-sized Catalan companies Pimek He signed with his former spokesman PDeCat in congress Ferran Bel (Tortosa, 1965) To become your permanent representative in Madrid. So, in addition to his visible face in the capital, he also has eyes, voice and ears in his relationship with Cortes, as El Periódico de Catalunya confirms. Their priority will be to influence regulations on labor issues and late payment, as well as to fulfill Pimec’s historic demand in terms of representation: to sit on equal terms at the tables of social dialogue with the other employers’ association CEOE.
Bel is entering the business world after an extensive political career. Historical mayor of Tortosa Convergence and Unió He continued his career (2007-2018) as a PDeCat deputy in the Congress of Deputies, where he took part in the last two parliaments. He was one of those who did not advocate unilateralism in the post-convergence space and jumped into Junts.
Following the electoral progress mobilized by Pedro Sánchez, Bel decided not to head the PDeCat list and announced his retirement from active politics last July. It was then Antoni CanetePimec’s president moved to recruit him into their ranks. A signature capped off by a meal that featured snails as the star dish, according to sources familiar with the operation. The signing of the former Convergent in a paid position is part of the business organization’s strategy to gain influence in Madrid, where it hopes to open a physical office soon.
Bel was an MP active on EU-related issues at the time. late payment and establishing a sanctions regime that penalizes delays in payments between companies beyond legally established periods. Something that is currently unpunished and hurts small companies more than big ones. During the last negotiations labor reform Those who voted in favor also approved several amendments proposed by Pimec that seek to roll back concessions repealed by PP in 2012 and benefit small businesses.
Get a place in social dialogue
As the permanent representative of Pimec, one of the main focuses of the former convergent party’s influence will be to gain recognition of that organization as a negotiator within the European Union. social dialogue. Until now, the businessmen’s seat was occupied only by CEOE, an employers’ association of which Pimec is not a member. PSOE and Sumar have promised Pimec to review the status of both himself and his state counterpart, Conpymes, as the most representative social actor, and Bel must fight to make these promises come true (as long as the coalition manages to achieve its goal of a quorum) to reinstate Pedro Sánchez to appoint as president).
Thus, Bel becomes part of the list of politicians who have abandoned the corporate front and jumped into the arena of bosses. For example, the current general secretary of Pimec, Josep GinestaHe was general secretary of the Treball ‘department’ (by the ERC) until November 2020. CEOE employers’ association has a former PP Minister of Labor Fatima Bañez as president of his foundation. And Foment del Treball is headed by a former colleague of Bel’s. Josep Sánchez Llibre. Although this was from the Unió branch, like many of the signings the association has made in recent years.