The thing was, we were all interconnected, I made something that you needed, and you made something I needed. We had pride in who we worked for, and did our best for them, because we knew those companies would do their best for us.
And in 2013 they don't care about us and we don't care about them. There's no loyalty on either side; the game has changed. The loyalty claim gets run up the flagpole by both sides when it suits them, but it doesn't really count for much. Companies are still looking at using foreign labour when it's an option and good union members are still buying cheaper, imported goods at the expense of the local providers.
The academic question is who stopped caring first; the companies or the consumers. Tempus fugit...