Collecting Unemployment during off time

[QUOTE=merchantmariner;21402]That’s the problem there is no set agreement for our schedules. I have worked as many as 100 days in a hitch to as a few as 3 weeks due to lack of work and I have never turned down the request for me to return to work even after having just a week off. In my eyes being paid a day rate and working this way it is in my best interest to work as many days as possible feast or famine so to speak.[/QUOTE]

Considering that, I would talk with the unemployment office first thing tomorrow. Get the information you need. What constitutes full-time employment is your state?
Sounds like the company wants to call you a full time employee because you work every time they need you, but that does not necessarily mean you’re full time. There is more to it than that. Do you get health benefits and such for being a full time employee?