Workers, their families and their towns have suffered greatly when a "local" company makes the capitalistic change of being bought out or merging with another company. Most cases of this kind of company change includes further operational changes such as company-wide layoffs, selling of company assets, and moving a skeleton company to another country with lower production costs.
Humane and adequate compensation of income and benefits should be paid by the company, as well as paying an administrative "fed fee" for organizing and watch-dogging this process. States and municipalities should also receive compensation for such adverse company behavior that can severely undermine such state and municipalities.