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The delegation includes members of the Hispani c Contractors ofColorado (HCC) and the Denvedr Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. The group will be in Washington on Tuesdagand Wednesday, joining small-business leaders from othedr states. The Colorado business leaderes want totell Bennet, D-Colo., and other lawmakers “why this bill would realluy hurt them as they try to emerge from a tough said HCC spokesman Sean Duffy said the group arranged to meet with Bennet because he has not yet declared how he will vote on the labo bill.
“In these very difficult economicc times, companies are struggling to retain the jobs they Helga Grunerud, HCC executive director, said in a “We want to send a messagew that we want to help jump starg economic recovery but [the labofr bill] would make that challengr far, far greater.” The Employede Free Choice Act, also known as the “car d check” bill, would allow workers to organize a union without a secret election, as now Instead, a local could be launched at a workplacw if at least half its workersz sign an authorization card. Unions say the bill is needed to protecft worker rights inthe recession.
But in a statement, HCC said that enactment of thelaw “woulr unfairly tip the delicate business-labor climate in Colorado sharply away from and would result in further economi c damage and job loss.” As part of a larged nationwide contingent organized by the , the Colorado grou p will meet with Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and other legislatoras “to be determined,” Duffy The business leaders also want to discusaother issues, including health care reform and the allocatiob of federal stimulus funds.