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Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter met with AFL-CIO President John Sweeney on Monday and promised to work with him to resolve organized labor's objections to the choice of Denver as the site of the Democratic National Convention next year. Ritter said he and Sweeney discussed the lack of union workers at area hotels, problems over contracts with stage hands and the temporary use of union labor at the main convention venue, the Pepsi Center. They also discussed Ritter's decision to veto a bill that would have made it easier to form union shops. The Democratic governor said he made no commitments other than to continue talks with unions.