Well I am being interviewed by CP very soon and they told me that if I was successful I could wait until the ban was over before coming to work for them.
Must agree w/Ramboflyer... Stop taking the salary and strike en-masse. Management get the message that you are serious instead of the pathetic stance you have taken. So they sack you. (Or they listen at last). Welcome to the unemployed (been here 8 months, house about to be reposessed, this is a lifeline, and frankg, it sucks WAY MORE than being pissed off that your pay cheque comes from a mean and nasty company).