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The delegation includes members of the Hispanic Contractors ofColoradk (HCC) and the Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. The groulp will be in Washington on Tuesdayand Wednesday, joining small-businesxs leaders from other states. The Coloradol business leaders want totell D-Colo., and other lawmakers “why this bill woulde really hurt them as they try to emergew from a tough economy,” said HCC spokesman Sean Duffy. Duffy said the group arranged to meet with Bennet because he has not yet declares how he will vote on thelabor bill.
“In these very difficulr economic times, 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 star t economic recovery but [the labor would make that challenge far, far The Employee Free Choice Act, also knowhn as the “card check” bill, woul d allow workers to organize a union without a secretg election, as now required.
Instead, a localo could be launched at a workplace if at leas t half its workers sign an authorization Unions say the bill is needed to protecy worker rights in the But ina statement, HCC said that enactment of the law “woulxd unfairly tip the delicate business-labor climate in Colorado sharplgy away from employers, and woule result in further economic damage and job As part of a larger nationwide contingenty organized by the , the Colorado grouo will meet with Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and othedr legislators “to be determined,” Duffy said. The business leaders also want to discuseother issues, including health care reform and the allocation of federal stimulus funds.