Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board hearing examiner Jack E. Marino, who is presiding over the unfair labor practice charges that the Carpenters union filed against the Convention Center, has set May 28 for a hearing. The main topic? Whether Marino should kick himself off the case. "This is certainly awkward," said John McNichol, the center's chief executive. "It's a head-scratcher." It's particularly difficult for McNichol and the center's lawyers, since on May 2, they filed a request with the board to get Marino off the case. They said his most recent ruling, on April 16, backing the Carpenters' cause, "raises the specter of serious impropriety, including...
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