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The delegation includes members of the Hispanic Contractors of Colorado and the Denver Hispanic Chamber of The group will be in Washington on Tuesday and joining small-business leaders from othert states. The Colorado business leaders want totell D-Colo., and other lawmakers “why this bill would really hurt them as they try to emergwe from a tough economy,” said HCC spokesman Sean Duffy said the group arrange d to meet with Bennet becausde he has not yet declared how he will vote on the laborf bill. “In these very difficult economic times, companiesx are struggling to retain the jobsthey have,” Helgw Grunerud, HCC executive director, said in a statement.
“We want to send a messages that we want to help jump start economicv recoverybut [the labor bill] would make that challenge far, far greater.” The Employeee Free Choice Act, also known as the “carfd check” bill, would allow workersw to organize a unionh without a secret election, as now required. a local could be launched at a workplacs if at least half its workerss sign anauthorization card. Unionds say the bill is needed to protect worker rights in the But ina statement, HCC said that enactment of the law “woulfd unfairly tip the delicate business-laborf climate in Colorado sharply away from and would result in further economic damager and job loss.
” As part of a largedr nationwide contingent organized by the , the Coloradok group will meet with Sen. John Thune, and other legislators “to be Duffy said. The businesse leaders also want to discussother issues, includingv health care reform and the allocation of federak stimulus funds.