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EFCA a cause for concern, say labor relations lawyers
Joseph McCoin, labor and employment partner at Miller & Martin, is willing to let the unions speak for themselves for just a moment, and then he has a few things he’d like to say.
“We are writing to update you on the negotiations currently taking place with the union covering the IBT’s building workforce,” McCoin reads from a letter James P. Hoffa, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, writes in a letter dated July 29, 2009, to an unnamed person in the organization. “Unfortunately, the negotiations are not going well.”
CBA presents course on modification of child, spousal support
Cases regarding the modification of existing child support and spousal support decrees are becoming more and more common among today’s court dockets. Thanks to the current economic state, it seems that everyone, on either side of a settlement, needs more money. Those who are ordered to pay may be having a hard time coming up with the funds. Those who are receiving set amounts of money may need more than originally awarded to survive.
Are We There Yet?
No petite burger
It was back to “The Hill” last weekend for the big game. Expectations, as they usually are this time of year, were running high based on a new QB who looks like he’ll be taking up some ESPN minutes, and an easy first-week win.
So we left Friday around 4 p.m., hitting the heavy traffic pretty quickly between Morgan and Conway. Kathy gasped often as I tried to avoid hitting or getting hit by other travelers while talking to friends on the phone about the game.
I Swear...
Candor cracks up courtroom
The defendant was charged with speeding. He was pro se, which means that he was representing himself, acting as his own attorney.
The trial was set for a Thursday morning. As are virtually all cases in which defendants are pro se.
Experience taught me long ago that pro se defendants, unless they are lawyers or law students, simply cannot grasp the nuances of trial practice. They do not know, and cannot learn on the spot, the rules of evidence, procedure and decorum.
Weekly Indulgence
A little more than a year ago, I drove up to Sewanee to interview Joel Cunningham, the vice chancellor and president of the University of the South. While in town, a local restaurant – Jim Oliver’s Smoke House – caught my eye and I stopped in for a bite to eat. I so enjoyed my pulled pork barbecue sandwich and my trip to the fresh veggie salad bar that I wrote a column about it. I planned, if ever in the area again, to visit the Smoke House in the future.
Regional FCA director to speak at senior men’s function
Senior Neighbors is inviting local residents over the age of 50 to attend its monthly men’s luncheon on Tuesday, September 29, at the Alexian Brothers Senior Neighbors building, located on the corner of 10th and Newby Streets in downtown Chattanooga. The meal will begin at noon. The speaker will be Jay Fowler, regional director of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Verble Estate Preservation helps clients prepare for the future
At the age of 62, Mike Verble’s father was offered an early retirement with full benefits. After the offer was put in writing, his father accepted. Soon after, however, the company merged with another and more than $600,000 he’d worked so long to save was scammed right out from under him.
Realtor Robert Fisher receives CCIM designation
After growing up on Signal Mountain in a “real estate family,” Robert Fisher headed to Knoxville to study industrial engineering at the University of Tennessee. His dad Ed is a 45-year veteran of the business. Upon graduation, he returned to Chattanooga to begin his career with Scholze Tannery, a company that made leather for the saddle industry. Several years later he went to work for the local photography company Olan Mills.
Prudential Realty Center broker a true Georgia peach
“Are you sure you want to go into real estate?” an acquaintance asked Shel Thomas in 1995. “All it is is solving people’s problems — their housing problem, their financing problem, their dog problem. Problems, problems, problems!”
“I can do that,” Thomas said. “No problem.”
Kay's Cooking Corner
I imagine some think it takes a special “talent” or “gift” in order to write a good column. Well, in a way it does. It takes the gift of gab, and as you have recently seen, my sister and I have both been blessed with it! How else could she have written such wonderful columns during my absence? They were so good that now I know who to turn to when I need a small vacation!
The Critic's Corner
In the beginning, when God created Hollywood, He commanded the movie studios to release their worst films during January and August of each year. January, because people are too exhausted from the holidays to go to the movies, and August to create a buffer between the blockbusters of summer and the Oscar contenders of fall. Simply put, seeing a new film during these two months can be hell on Earth.
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