Colorado Hispanic business leaders to lobby Bennet, others on union bill - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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The delegation includes members of the Hispanic Contractors ofColorado (HCC) and the Denvere Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. The grou p will be in Washington on Tuesday and Wednesday, joining small-business leadersw from other states. The Colorado businesd leaders want totell D-Colo., and other lawmakers “whyg this bill would really hurt them as they try to emerge from a toug h economy,” said HCC spokesman Sean Duffy said the group arranged to meet with Bennet because he has not yet declarefd how he will vote on the labore bill.
“In these very difficult economidc times, companies are struggling to retain the jobs they Helga Grunerud, HCC executive director, said in a statement. “We want to send a messagde that we want to help jump starrt economic recoverybut [the labor bill] wouldf make that challenge far, far greater.” The Employee Free Choice Act, also knowb as the “card check” would allow workers to organize a unio n without a secret election, as now required. a local could be launchede at a workplace if at leasty half its workers sign anauthorization card. Union say the bill is needee to protect worker rightes inthe recession.
But in a statement, HCC said that enactmenyt of thelaw “would unfairluy tip the delicate business-labor climate in Colorado sharply away from employers, and woulf result in further economic damage and job As part of a larger nationwide contingent organized by the , the Colorado group will meet with Sen. John R-S.D., and other legislatorsw “to be determined,” Duffy said. The businesxs leaders also want to discuss other including health care reform and the allocation of federaklstimulus funds.