truckerswife101: I'm sorry you feel men don't have a brain worth speaking of but history tells us MEN built this industry. Do you actually think New Century CARES about what YOU WANT? They could care less whether you work there or not. To them you're just a body to fill a seat. They could let you go at any time, unless of course you're one of those " pets" that do whatever they ask regardless of the circumstances. If you look at my post with the money breakdowns I think even a woman can see you get the better end of the stick in the end. That figure you mentioned which was 1800 a week is actually quite small compared to what you would be making if you figure in YOUR salary plus your health and welfare package given to you thanks to the union. You can't use the unemployment excuse for anything until it actually occurs so that's a dead issue. You can say that New Century can change the way they compensate you in the form of increased health care costs, reduced wages,and the like because right now that's what they can do. And if the end result of those actions you can't make ends meet, you may want to consider looking for a part time job to make up the difference. No Protection Means No Guarantees!!