We are being treated badly by these companies; who is to blame? Us. We give them permission by how we vote. We are so conditioned to be wary of government tyranny and vote against every regulation that we end up accepting and promoting corporate tyranny.
Take a look at our European colleagues; they are unable to be forced to retire without receiving sizable severance pay. Why can't they be laid off? due to laws and regulations. The majority of voters in this country would vote against those regulations.
The poor and middle class are voting against their own financial interests: no unions, no healthcare, no pension, no real vacation. All of this is because they are listening to some corrupt talking heads who are brainwashing us to be enslaved by these corporations.