Labor Lawyers Advice?

I might be mistaken here, but where I work was bought up about 13 years ago. The new owners came in and had the right to terminate 10% of the workforce off the top, no questions asked. The people were white collar and offered severances. But to hell with them who fired the wife, take the unemployment, get the resume together and get a newer, BETTER job. They are the losers here, not the wife!