Garamendi accuses Díaz of breaking social dialogue by including Pimec in the agreements commission.

Pimec's entry into the collective bargaining committee was a long-awaited decision that only needed a date. It was formalized today with an order from the Ministry of Labor and immediately drew criticism from the CEOE (Spanish Economic Commission for Spain). The order, published in the Official State Gazette (BOE), distributes the six members who will represent employers' associations on this Advisory Committee on Collective Bargaining Agreements. Five of these members will be CEOE and Cepyme, and one, and this is the first change, will be Pimec, a position that will be filled by its general secretary, Josep Ginesta i Vicente.

On April 10, a Labor Order instructed employers' associations to negotiate a new distribution of their representatives on this committee, including a seat for Pimec. A few days later, CEOE and Cepyme responded with an appeal to the National Court against this distribution. They cited two reasons: one: Pimec's representation, which they considered limited and residual, and the other: the Catalan employers' association could not participate in this body because it is part of a national confederation, such as Conpymes.

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So far, CEOE's efforts to stop Pimec from joining the committee have been in vain. Since there was no agreement between the employers' associations on the distribution, and given that CEOE and Cepyme proposed a higher number of seats than they were entitled to, it was Labor that made the appointments, allocating five to CEOE and Cepyme, and one to Pimec. In the case of CEOE and Cepyme, they will be represented by Ana Herráez Plaza, Luis Méndez, José Manuel Ayesa, Diego Carril, and María José Leguina.

The decision comes in response to criticism from CEOE President Antonio Garamendi, who accuses Labor Minister Yolanda Díaz of breaking social dialogue. "The government cannot use the representation of employers for its own benefit," Garamendi stated during a discussion at the 21st Century Club.

Garamendi also pointed out that Labor Minister Yolanda Díaz's decision reflects "her own interests" and opens up spaces for national dialogue to "territorial interests." "Of course, when I don't like what they say, I open up the space," he explained.