Those benefits ultimately came out of higher prices for consumers. So if the public still wants the benefits to continue, it just has to campaign for public pro

Those benefits ultimately came out of higher prices for consumers. So if the public still wants the benefits to continue, it just has to campaign for public provision for those benefits through higher taxes or contribute to private income transfer programs. That would be fairer since who gets the benefits will be decided on a democratic basis and not on who was well-connected or lucky enough to land a job in a unionized industry. I'm not in the US, but from the news it seems that higher taxes are very unpopular there. So demonizing corporations seems to be an easy way out where you can empathize with unskilled workers while at the same time enjoying the benefits that come from the cheapening of their labour.