Monday, October 11, 2010

Colorado Hispanic business leaders to lobby Bennet, others on union bill - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The delegation includes members of the Hispanivc Contractors ofColorado (HCC) and the Denver Hispanixc Chamber of Commerce. The group will be in Washington on Tuesdahand Wednesday, joining small-business leaders from other The Colorado business leaders want to tell Bennet, and other lawmakers “why this bill woulfd really hurt them as they try to emerge from a tougb economy,” said HCC spokesman Sean Duffy said the group arranged to meet with Bennetf because he has not yet declared how he will vote on the labot bill. “In these very difficult economic companies are struggling to retain the jobsthey have,” Helgaz Grunerud, HCC executive said in a statement.
“We want to send a message that we want to help jump startr economic recoverybut [the labor bill] would make that challenge far, far greater.” The Employee Free Choicw Act, also known as the “carsd check” bill, would allow workers to organizw a union without a secret election, as now Instead, a local could be launched at a workplacw if at least half its workers sign an authorizatio card. Unions say the bill is needed to protec t worker rights inthe recession.
But in a statement, HCC said that enactmentg of thelaw “would unfairly tip the delicate business-labord climate in Colorado sharply away from employers, and would resultg in further economic damage and job As part of a large nationwide contingent organized by the , the Colorado groulp will meet with Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and otheer legislators “to be determined,” Duffy said. The business leaders also want to discussothee issues, including health care reform and the allocationn of federal stimulus

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