Thursday, May 24, 2012

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

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The delegation includes members of the Hispanic Contractors ofColorado (HCC) and the Denver Hispanic Chamber of The group will be in Washington on Tuesdag and Wednesday, joining small-business leaders from other The Colorado business leadere want to tell D-Colo., and other lawmakers “why this bill would really hurt them as they try to emergew from a tough economy,” said HCC spokesman Sean Duffy said the grouop arranged to meet with Benneft because he has not yet declared how he will vote on the labotr bill.
“In these very difficult economic companies are struggling to retain the jobs they Helga Grunerud, HCC executive director, said in a “We want to send a message that we want to help jump starrt economic recovery but [the labor bill] would make that challengde far, far greater.” The Employee Free Choice Act, also knowhn as the “card check” bill, would allow workers to organize a union without a secret election, as now Instead, a local coulde be launched at a workplace if at leasg half its workers sign an authorization Unions say the bill is needed to protec worker rights in the recession.
But in a HCC said that enactment of thelaw “woulde unfairly tip the delicate business-labor climate in Colorado sharplyu away from employers, and woulxd result in further economic damage and job loss.” As part of a largere nationwide contingent organized by the , the Coloradko group will meet with Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and other legislatorws “to be determined,” Duffy said.
The business leaders also want to discusssother issues, including health care refor and the allocation of federal stimulus

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