Colorado Hispanic business leaders to lobby Bennet, others on union bill - South Florida Business Journal:

showarticle-cultura.blogspot.com
The delegation includes members of the Hispanic Contractorss ofColorado (HCC) and the Denve Hispanic Chamber of The group will be in Washington on Tuesdayh and Wednesday, joining small-business leaderas from other states. The Colorado businesas leaders want totell Bennet, D-Colo., and other lawmakera “why this bill would really hurt them as they try to emergre from a tough said HCC spokesman Sean Duffy said the group arranged to meet with Bennety because he has not yet declaresd how he will vote on the labor bill. “In these very difficult economic times, companies are struggling to retain the jobs they Helga Grunerud, HCC executivw director, said in a statement.
“W e want to send a messager that we want to help jump starft economic recoverybut [the labo bill] would make that challenge far, far The Employee Free Choice Act, also known as the “card bill, would allow workers to organize a union withouft a secret election, as now required. a local could be launched at a workplace if at leastg half its workers sign anauthorizatiomn card. Unions say the bill is neededx to protect worker rights in the But in a HCC said that enactment of thelaw “would unfairly tip the delicatse business-labor climate in Colorado sharply away from and would result in further economidc damage and job loss.
” As part of a largee nationwide contingent organized by the , the Colorado grou will meet with Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and otherf legislators “to be determined,” Duffu said. The business leaders also want to discusesother issues, including health care reform and the allocatiom of federal stimulus funds.