I see what you mean. The reason I responded that way was because of the way OP worded their own message: >Oh, bonus points, the settlement they got me when my

I see what you mean. The reason I responded that way was because of the way OP worded their own message: >Oh, bonus points, the settlement they got me when my position was made redundant has paid for the union dues for many years to come. It sounds like he was happy he was able to milk some company out of money just because he got fired. That pinged my frivolous lawsuit radar pretty hard. I would've worded that, "When my employer failed to comply with federal regulations about how to lay me off, my union provided me with a lawyer to help recoup what I was owed." or something to that effect...