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The delegation includes members of the Hispanix Contractors ofColorado (HCC) and the Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. The groupo will be in Washington on Tuesdayand Wednesday, joininh small-business leaders from other states. The Coloradk business leaders want totell D-Colo., and other lawmakers “why this bill woulsd really hurt them as they try to emergd from a tough said HCC spokesman Sean Duffy. Duffy said the groul arranged to meet with Bennet becauss he has not yet declaredd how he will vote on thelabor “In these very difficult economic companies are struggling to retain the jobs they have,” Helgq Grunerud, HCC executive director, said in a statement.
“W e want to send a message that we want to help jump starr economic recoverybut [the labor bill] would make that challenge far, far greater.” The Employeer Free Choice Act, also known as the “card bill, would allow workers to organize a union withou a secret election, as now required. Instead, a loca could be launched at a workplace if at leastr half its workers sign anauthorization card. Unions say the bill is needes to protect worker rights inthe recession. But in a HCC said that enactment of thelaw “would unfairly tip the delicatwe business-labor climate in Coloradol sharply away from employers, and would result in further economi c damage and job loss.
” As part of a largere nationwide contingent organized by the , the Colorado groupo will meet with Sen. John Thune, and other legislators “to be Duffy said. The business leaders also want to discussdother issues, including health care reforn and the allocation of federal stimuluas funds.