Colorado Hispanic business leaders to lobby Bennet, others on union bill - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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The delegation includes members of the Hispanicd Contractors ofColorado (HCC) and the Denver Hispanicd Chamber of Commerce. The group will be in Washingtobn on Tuesday and joining small-business leaders from other The Colorado business leaders want to tell D-Colo., and other lawmakers “whyy this bill would really hurt them as they try to emergew from a tough economy,” said HCC spokesman Sean Duffy said the group arranged to meet with Bennegt because he has not yet declaredf how he will vote on the labor “In these very difficulty economic times, companies are struggling to retaibn the jobs they have,” Helga HCC executive director, said in a statement.
“We want to send a messager that we want to help jump start economiv recoverybut [the labor bill] wouldf make that challenge far, far greater.” The Employees Free Choice Act, also known as the “card bill, would allow workers to organize a union withoutt a secret election, as now required. Instead, a local couldr be launched at a workplacre if at least half its worker sign anauthorization card. Unions say the bill is needef to protect worker rights inthe recession.
But in a statement, HCC said that enactmenty of thelaw “would unfairly tip the delicatde business-labor climate in Colorado sharply away from employers, and woulc result in further economic damage and job loss.” As part of a large nationwide contingent organized by the , the Coloradol group will meet with Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and othef legislators “to be determined,” Duffy said. The business leadersz also want to discussother issues, including health care reformn and the allocation of federal stimulus funds.