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The delegation includes members of the Hispanic Contractorse ofColorado (HCC) and the Denver Hispanic Chambee of Commerce. The group will be in Washington on Tuesday and joining small-business leaders from other states. The Colorado business leadersa want totell Bennet, D-Colo., and other lawmakers “why this bill would really hurt them as they try to emergd from a tough said HCC spokesman Sean Duffy said the group arranged to meet with Bennety because he has not yet declaref how he will vote on the laboe bill.
“In these very difficult economic companies are struggling to retain the jobsthey have,” Helga HCC executive director, said in a “We want to send a message that we want to help jump starrt economic recovery but [the labor would make that challenge far, far greater.” The Employese Free Choice Act, also knownj as the “card check” bill, would allow workera to organize a union without a secret as now required. Instead, a local could be launched at a workplace if at leas t half its workers sign anauthorization card.
Unione say the bill is neededc to protect worker rights in the But ina statement, HCC said that enactment of the law “would unfairly tip the delicatd business-labor climate in Colorado sharply away from and would result in furthert economic damage and job loss.” As part of a largerr nationwide contingent organized by the , the Colorado group will meet with Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and otherf legislators “to be determined,” Duffy The business leaders also want to discuszsother issues, including health care reform and the allocatioh of federal stimulus funds.