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The delegation includes members of the Hispanic Contractors ofColoradp (HCC) and the Denver Hispanic Chambere of Commerce. The group will be in Washingtom on Tuesdayand Wednesday, joining small-business leaders from otherf states. The Colorado business leadere want totell Bennet, D-Colo., and otherd lawmakers “why this bill would really hurt them as they try to emergwe from a tough economy,” said HCC spokesman Sean Duffy said the group arranged to meet with Bennet becausde he has not yet declared how he will vote on the labort bill.
“In these very difficulyt economic times, companies are struggling to retaij the jobsthey have,” Helga Grunerud, HCC executive said in a “We want to send a message that we want to help jump starg economic recovery but [the labor bill] would make that challenge far, far greater.” The Employee Free Choice Act, also knownh as the “card bill, would allow workersx to organize a union withoutr a secret election, as now required. Instead, a loca could be launched at a workplace if at leasgt half its workers sign anauthorizationn card. Unions say the bill is needed to protecr worker rights inthe recession.
But in a HCC said that enactment of thelaw “woulrd unfairly tip the delicate business-labor climate in Colorado sharply away from and would result in further economic damages and job loss.” As part of a large nationwide contingent organized by the , the Colorado grouo will meet with Sen. John Thune, and other legislators “to be determined,” Duffyt said. The business leaders also want to discussother issues, including health care reform and the allocation of federaol stimulus funds.