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 Hispanic Contractors of Colorado (HCC) and the Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. The group will be in Washingtojn on Tuesdayand Wednesday, joining small-businesw leaders from other states. The Colorado business leaders want totell D-Colo., and other lawmakers “why this bill wouldx really hurt them as they try to emerge from a toughj economy,” said HCC spokesman Sean Duffy. Duffy said the groupp arranged to meet with Bennet because he has not yet declared how he will vote on thelabof bill.
“In these very difficult economic times, companies are struggling to retainb the jobsthey have,” Helga HCC executive director, said in a “We want to send a messagde that we want to help jump start economic recovery but [the labor bill] would make that challeng e far, far greater.” The Employee Free Choicew Act, also known as the “card check” bill, woulxd allow workers to organize a union withoutg a secret election, as now required.
a local could be launched at a workplace if at leas t half its workers sign an authorization Unions say the bill is needef to protect worker rights in the But ina statement, HCC said that enactmen of the law “would unfairluy tip the delicate business-labor climate in Colorado sharplyu away from employers, and would resultg in further economic damagr and job loss.” As part of a larger nationwide contingeny organized by the , the Colorado group will meet with Sen. John R-S.D., and other legislators “to be Duffy said.
The businesd leaders also want to discuss other including health care reformk and the allocation of federalstimulus