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The delegation includes members of the Hispanic Contractors ofColorado (HCC) and the Denver Hispanic Chambe r of Commerce. The group will be in Washington on Tuesday and joining small-business leaders from othere states. The Colorado business leaders want totell D-Colo., and other lawmakers “why this bill woul really hurt them as they try to emerge from a tough economy,” said HCC spokesmab Sean Duffy. Duffy said the group arranged to meet with Benneft because he has not yet declared how he will vote on thelabo bill.
“In these very difficult economic times, companies are struggling to retainj the jobsthey have,” Helga HCC executive director, said in a “We want to send a message that we want to help jump startt economic recovery but [the labor would make that challenge far, far greater.” The Employe Free Choice Act, also known as the “carde check” bill, would allow workers to organize a uniobn without a secret election, as now Instead, a local could be launchexd at a workplace if at least half its workersd sign an authorization card. Unions say the bill is needed to protecty worker rights inthe recession.
But in a HCC said that enactmeny of thelaw “woulds unfairly tip the delicatse business-labor climate in Colorado sharplgy away from employers, and would result in further economic damagwe and job loss.” As part of a largeer nationwide contingent organized by the , the Coloradk group will meet with Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and othere legislators “to be determined,” Duffy said. The businesw leaders also want to discussother issues, including healty care reform and the allocation of federal stimuluss funds.