Editing Toronto Transit Commission (section)

===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 services|essential service]], which removed the employees' right to strike.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2011/03/30/ontario_bans_strikes_by_the_ttc.html |work=Toronto Star |first1=Rob |last1=Ferguson |first2=Tess |last2=Kalinowski |title=Ontario bans strikes by the TTC |date=March 30, 2011 |access-date=December 27, 2014}}</ref> On May 8, 2023, a [[Ontario Superior Court of Justice|Superior Court]] judge overturned the designation on the basis that the TTC did not meet the judicial definition of an "essential service" and therefore the restrictions on striking were unconstitutional.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ttc-not-an-essential-service-workers-can-go-on-strike-court-rules-1.6390997 |work=CTV News |first1=Codi |last1=Wilson |title=TTC not an 'essential service,' workers can go on strike, court rules |date=May 9, 2023 |access-date=May 10, 2023}}</ref>

====2024 averted strike====
A TTC strike was set to begin on June 7, 2024, at 12:01 a.m. if a deal between the TTC and the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113 was not reached. The previous April, union members had voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action if necessary, after their previous collective agreement expired at the end of March 2024.<ref name="min1">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ttc-atu-local-113-bargaining-talks-strike-deadline-update-1.7227650 |title=TTC strike averted as union, management reach last-minute deal |website=[[CBC News]] |last1=Draaisma |first1=Muriel |last2=Balintec |first2=Vanessa |date=June 8, 2024 |access-date=June 10, 2024}}</ref> However, the TTC and the union reached a tentative agreement at approximately 11:30 p.m. on June 6, 2024, and so the strike was averted.<ref name="strike1">{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10550647/ttc-strike-avoided-june-7-latest/|title=TTC strike avoided after last minute deal reached with union |last1=Rodrigues |first1=Gabby |last2=Callan |first2=Isaac |date=June 8, 2024 |access-date=June 10, 2024}}</ref>

The key issues for the union and its members related to job security, protections against contracting out jobs, and improvements in benefits for active members and pensioners.<ref name="strike1"/> The president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113, Marvin Alfred, confirmed the next morning that a tentative agreement had been reached late the night before and that talks had continued until almost 4 a.m. "What we have right now is a deal", he said. "We have something signed, but we're still preparing and making sure we can have something tangible for our membership," he told [[CBC Radio]]'s ''Metro Morning''.<ref name="min1"/>