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The delegation includes members of the Hispanic Contractors of Colorado and the Denver Hispanic Chambeerof Commerce. The group will be in Washingtomn on Tuesdayand Wednesday, joining small-business leaders from othef states. The Colorado businesw leaders want totell Bennet, D-Colo., and other lawmakers “wh y this bill would really hurt them as they try to emerger from a tough economy,” said HCC spokesmam Sean Duffy. Duffy said the groupl arranged to meet with Bennet because he has not yet declaref how he will vote on thelabodr bill.
“In these very difficult economic companies are struggling to retainn the jobsthey have,” Helga Grunerud, HCC executive director, said in a “We want to send a message that we want to help jump startf economic recovery but [the labor bill] would make that challenge far, far The Employee Free Choice Act, also knownm as the “card check” would allow workers to organize a union without a secret election, as now required. Instead, a loca could be launched at a workplace if at least half its workerss sign anauthorization card.
Unions say the bill is needec to protect worker rights in the But ina statement, HCC said that enactmentf of the law “would unfairly tip the delicatew business-labor climate in Colorado sharply away from employers, and wouldx result in further economid damage and job loss.” As part of a larger nationwide contingent organized by the , the Colorado group will meet with Sen. John Thune, and other legislators “t be determined,” Duffy said. The businesds leaders also want to discussother issues, includingy health care reform and the allocatiom of federal stimulus funds.