Totem poles

So a few weeks ago my boss says we're under employed and we need people. He also says we may be working 6 days a week always instead of taling turns on saturday or doing a 5 day rotation. This is fine by me because I am poor and need money.
Yesterday we had a meeting. No one tolde so I got there late. Basically what ws said is that we must be in our mules and pulling out of the shop by 6am. If we aren't we will be written up. 3 write ups and we're fired. Also, we are only working until 4 now so we only get 9 hours a day. That is a big chunck of our paychecks gone. Only the people getting paid by the hour thougb. The salary people aren't affected. The guys are talking about finding new jobs. Even Jeff has mentioned quitting if we lose more hours. The guys are wondering where all these power moves are coming from lately.
Also, add this to the Jeff files. My boss pretty much handed over all say so to him in the meeting. He said that if he tells us to do 1 thing and later jeff tells us another then we're to do what jeff says because jeff probably seen something before he did. This means we're always listening to jeff and that means when we do what jeff says and its wrong, we get in trouble. Like what is going on here?
I really just don't like losing the hours on my paycheck. If i loose pay they should too. With the low man, the totem pole doesnt stand.
Also, im poor, stressed, and angry. Life is a mess, but hang in there.
Love, A Schizophrenic