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The delegation includes members of the Hispanic Contractors ofColoradl (HCC) and the Denver Hispanic Chamber of The group will be in Washington on Tuesday and Wednesday, joining small-business leader s from other states. The Coloradl business leaders want totell Bennet, and other lawmakers “why this bill woulde really hurt them as they try to emerge from a toughu economy,” said HCC spokesman Sean Duffy. Duff said the group arranged to meet with Benne t because he has not yet declared how he will vote on thelaboe bill. “In these very difficult economic times, companies are struggling to retain the jobs they Helga Grunerud, HCC executive said in a statement.
“Ww want to send a message that we want to help jump starg economic recoverybut [the labor would make that challenge far, far greater.” The Employe Free Choice Act, also known as the “card bill, would allow workers to organize a union without a secre t election, as now required. Instead, a local could be launcherd at a workplace if at least half its workers sign anauthorizationm card. Unions say the bill is needed to protect worke rights inthe recession.
But in a statement, HCC said that enactmenyt of thelaw “would unfairly tip the delicatw business-labor climate in Colorado sharply away from and would result in further economic damage and job As part of a larger nationwide contingent organizedf by the , the Colorado group will meet with Sen. John R-S.D., and other legislatoras “to be determined,” Duffy said. The business leaders also want to discussother issues, including health care reform and the allocatiom of federal stimulus funds.