Carlos Chacon, owner of Chacon Insurance, Inc. is a strong supporter of the Employee Free Choice Act and displays a sign of support in is business’s front window. Chacon strongly supports the Employee Free Choice Act because it puts the choice back into rests with employers.
As a small business owner, Chacon supports the rights of workers to collectively bargain – it has worked well for him and for his family past and present and he strongly supports this right of workers to collectively bargain free from intimidation.
Chacon feels that the public could be more educated on the issue of the Employee Free Choice Act. He sees ads and propaganda from Wal-mart and the Chamber of Commerce and it reminds him of business backlash when Colorado increased its minimum wage.
Chacon said, “The first thing people say in these instances is ‘McDonalds is going to have to let go all these people.’ But the truth is that they keep increasing their prices and their profits and none of it is going to the workers. Once the increase in minimum wage passed, nothing like that happened.” Despite these 'sky is falling' messages, Chacon holds strong to his support of workers' rights in the workplace.
Carlos Chacon follows his Colorado Senators on this issue and looks forward to their support of working Coloradans on this issue.
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