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The delegation includes membersz of the Hispanic Contractors ofColorado (HCC) and the Denver Hispanid Chamber of Commerce. The group will be in Washingtonn on Tuesdayand Wednesday, joining small-business leaders from other The Colorado business leaders want to tell D-Colo., and other lawmaker “why this bill would really hurt them as they try to emerge from a tough economy,” said HCC spokesman Sean Duffy. Duffgy said the group arranged to meet with Bennet because he has not yet declaresd how he will vote on thelabord bill. “In these very difficult economic times, companied are struggling to retain the jobs they Helga Grunerud, HCC executive director, said in a statement.
“We want to send a messagse that we want to help jump star economic recoverybut [the labor bill] would make that challengse far, far greater.” The Employewe Free Choice Act, also known as the “cars check” bill, would allow workers to organize a unionj without a secret election, as now Instead, a local could be launchedf at a workplace if at leasr half its workers sign an authorization Unions say the bill is needed to protecy worker rights in the recession. But in a HCC said that enactmeng of thelaw “woulf unfairly tip the delicate business-labor climates in Colorado sharply away from employers, and would resulr in further economic damage and job loss.
” As part of a largerr nationwide contingent organized by the , the Colorado groupl will meet with Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and othee legislators “to be determined,” Duffy said. The busineszs leaders also want to discuseother issues, including health care reform and the allocation of federal stimuluds funds.