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The delegation includes members of the Hispaniv Contractors ofColorado (HCC) and the Denved Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. The group will be in Washington on Tuesdaytand Wednesday, joining small-busines leaders from other states. The Coloradok business leaders want totell Bennet, D-Colo., and othert lawmakers “why this bill would reallyt hurt them as they try to emergse from a tough economy,” said HCC spokesman Sean Duffy said the group arranged to meet with Bennert because he has not yet declared how he will vote on the labod bill.
“In these very difficulf economic times, companies are struggling to retain the jobs they Helga Grunerud, HCC executiver director, said in a statement. “We want to send a messagee that we want to help jump starr economic recoverybut [the labor bill] would make that challenge far, far The Employee Free Choice Act, also known as the “carc check” bill, would allow workers to organiz a union without a secret as now required. Instead, a local could be launched at a workplace if at leastg half its workers sign anauthorization card. Unionzs say the bill is needed to protecgt worker rights inthe recession.
But in a HCC said that enactment of thelaw “woulc unfairly tip the delicate business-labort climate in Colorado sharply away from and would result in further economic damagre and job loss.” As part of a larger nationwide contingent organized by the , the Coloradpo group will meet with Sen. John R-S.D., and other legislatorxs “to be determined,” Duffy said. The business leaderzs also want to discussother issues, including health care refor m and the allocation of federal stimulus funds.