West Telemarketing LP IRS determined West Telemarketing LP contractors were actually employees for Federal tax purposes. San Antonio Texas

I received notification from the IRS on June 30, 2008 that I was an employee, not a contractor, for West.
In fact, an opening paragraph in the letter I received from the IRS states:
The employment tax status of call agents for West Telemarketing LP was previously addressed by this office.
It was determined that call agents are employees for Federal tax purposes.
Today I'm checking into filing unemployment compensation in PA although I'm not clear whether the fact I did not
apply for UC earlier (filing at this late date, after receiving IRS determination of employee status), therefore only having 8 credit weeks in the base year beginning 07/08, whereas I would have had the full 16 or 18 credit weeks had I filed a few months ago.
Of course, I couldn't file a few months ago because the IRS had not yet advised me that I was an employee of
West, instead of a contractor.

Alyssa
Uniontown, Pennsylvania
U.S.A.