Keep your expenses in line with your significant others income and unemployment payment, and you will find yourself doing just fine when facing these situations. You can't control these companies, but you can control your lifestyle.
Saw this on a different thread, the post is not mine but it's really good
In a 2 income household if you can just live on one income you will generally always be fine in tougher times. American consumerism is to blame for a lot.
Unemploymentlife.com. You think people haven't walked this path before? They prep when these times come, and do things they couldn't do, when these times come.