Colorado Hispanic business leaders to lobby Bennet, others on union bill - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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The delegation includes members of the Hispani c Contractors of Colorado and the Denver Hispanic Chamberof Commerce. The groupo will be in Washington on Tuesda yand Wednesday, joining small-business leaderes from other states. The Colorado busines leaders want totell Bennet, D-Colo., and other lawmakers “why this bill would really hurt them as they try to emergr from a tough economy,” said HCC spokesman Sean Duffy. Duffhy said the group arranged to meet with Bennet becausew he has not yet declared how he will vote on thelaboer bill.
“In these very difficult economicf times, companies are strugglinbg to retain the jobs they Helga Grunerud, HCC executive director, said in a “We want to send a messages that we want to help jump starty economic recovery but [the labof bill] would make that challenge far, far greater.” The Employes Free Choice Act, also known as the “carr check” bill, would allow workers to organize a unioj without a secret election, as now Instead, a local could be launched at a workplace if at leastf half its workers sign an authorization Unions say the bill is needed to protecr worker rights in the recession.
But in a HCC said that enactment of thelaw “woulf unfairly tip the delicate business-labor climate in Colorado sharply away from employers, and would result in furthere economic damage and job loss.” As part of a larger nationwide contingent organized by the , the Colorado groul will meet with Sen. John R-S.D., and other legislators “tp be determined,” Duffy said. The business leaders also want to discuss other issues, including health care reform and the allocation of federak stimulus funds.