citizen members are nominated through an independent public process by the Civic Appointments committee. The mayor of Toronto appoints the chair of the TTC, currently Jon Burnside. The chair must be a member of Toronto City Council. The board elects a vice-chair from among its members. Management and personnel The TTC has more than 12,000 employees. Most are operators, but the Commission also employs supervisors, custodians and a wide range of skilled trades people who work on vehicles and critical subway and surface infrastructure. The day-to-day operations of the TTC are managed by the chief executive officer (formerly the chief general manager or CGM), currently Rick Leary, who succeeded Andy Byford in January 2018. Executive personnel Rick Leary, chief executive officer Fortunato Monaco, chief operations and infrastructure officer Station managers In 2013, the TTC assigned group station managers on most subway lines: Lines 1 Yonge–University and 4 Sheppard Finch to St. Clair in Line 1, and Line 4 St. Andrew to Summerhill Yorkdale to Osgoode Vaughan Metropolitan Centre to Wilson Lines 2 Bloor–Danforth and 3 Scarborough Broadview to Kennedy in Line 2, and Line 3 Castle Frank to Spadina Bathurst to Kipling Labour disputes Unionized workers of the TTC workers have performed strike actions numerous times since 1952. At the request of Mayor Rob Ford and Toronto City Council, on March 30, 2011, the Province of Ontario passed legislation classifying the TTC an essential service, which removed the employees' right to strike. 2018 benefits fraud investigation In 2018, as a result of their involvement in a health insurance scam involving Healthy Fit, an orthotics shop, 223 employees were dismissed or forced to retire early, while ten faced criminal charges. Subsidiaries Beside the main transit operations, the TTC has subsidiaries: TTC Insurance Company Ltd. — deals with insurance risks from operations; established 1994 Toronto Transit Infrastructure Ltd. — provides advisory services on infrastructure projects Toronto Coach Terminal Inc. — handled the operations of the Toronto Coach Terminal, which was closed in 2021 See also List of metro systems Metrolinx, provincial regional transit agency References Further reading Ferreira, Barbara A. (2015) Riding the Rocket , adventure book for young TTC riders External links TTC Shop Transit Toronto Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections — Archival photographs from the Toronto Telegram Fonds, York University Documentary on Toronto Transit Commission Subway Employees Metropolitan Toronto Government agencies established in 1954 Street railways in Ontario 4