Times are getting tough for the CF61 TD Centre employees, but not tough enough to break their will to remain on the picket line until they get a favourable ruling from the Ontario Labour Relations Board. But the picket, in its ninth month, is approaching a crossroads.

The CF61 Hardship Fund was recently depleted when disbursements were made to needy locked out and terminated workers.

Unions from across Ontario rallied Thursday outside the Toronto Dominion Centre to pressure Cadillac Fairview and its owner, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Fund, to negotiate a fair settlement with CEP Local 2003.

Known as the 'Cadillac Fairview 61', CEP Local 2003 members were locked out by corporate giant Cadillac Fairview in June. “Since then, Cadillac Fairview has 'terminated' the workers and attempted to use a 'third-party service provider' to handle maintenance and skilled trade duties at TD Centre,” said the Cadillac Fairview 61 in a written release.