Sounds to me like someone has been able to have their cake and eat it too. Good for him, its pretty hard to get this sort of a deal these days.
I think we are all jealous we have been paying bucks for an under performing union with a side serve of an insurance policy in case we get on the wrong side of the company.
He played a smart hand and got lucky. I just hope what ever it is he comes out fine.
I would rather the union fight for something or someone, because at the moment we are pretty much floating on a rudderless raft.