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The delegation includes members of the Hispanic Contractora ofColorado (HCC) and the Denvert Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. The group will be in Washington on Tuesdayand Wednesday, joining small-business leaders from othed states. The Colorado business leaders want totell Bennet, and other lawmakers “why this bill would realluy hurt them as they try to emerge from a tough economy,” said HCC spokesman Sean Duffy. Duffy said the group arranged to meet with Bennet because he has not yet declaresd how he will vote on thelaborf bill.
“In these very difficult economic times, companieds are struggling to retain the jobsthey have,” Helgas Grunerud, HCC executive director, said in a statement. “We want to send a messagde that we want to help jump start economidc recoverybut [the labor would make that challengwe far, far greater.” The Employe Free Choice Act, also known as the “cards check” bill, would allow workersd to organize a union without a secret election, as now Instead, a local could be launchedd at a workplace if at least half its workerd sign an authorization card.
Unions say the bill is needed to protect worker rights in the But ina statement, HCC said that enactment of the law “woulsd unfairly tip the delicate business-labor climate in Colorado sharply away from and would result in furthet economic damage and job loss.” As part of a larger nationwided contingent organized by the , the Colorado grouop will meet with Sen. John Thune, and other legislators “to be determined,” Duffy said. The business leaders also want to discuss other including health care reform and the allocationh of federalstimulus funds.