I should not be such a cynic though, there was just a buyout that was mentioned on forkliftaction, where I heard a rumor (that I have no reason to doubt but it is 3rd person info), the new owners kept all but 1 employee, and the employees all kept their seniority, and the new owners even had a more liberal vacation policy than did the old company so all the employees who went with the company actually got a better deal by staying with the company.
you can win sometimes too.