The only issues I have about it is that:
1) If he didnt make a huge issue about it, he probably would never see that money again
2) This was the second time they did that to him for a similar occurence
3) The union hall never returned a call about it to the press.
I can understand a huge union like 710 having some paperwork falling to the wayside, but it sounds like it's more an intentional issue than a mistake.