MV Transportation, Inc

MV Transportation, which has operated Collier Area Transit (CAT) since 2019, filed a WARN notice with the state on July 30 saying it plans to lay off 151 workers tied to the CAT operations center in East Naples. The workforce transition to new operator WeDriveU covers 151 employees (including managers, dispatchers, reservationists and customer service representatives); 128 of those employees are union-represented while 23 are non-union. WeDriveU was awarded the CAT contract and a 45-day transition has begun; employees will interview with the new operator and union negotiations are underway to bridge or renegotiate agreements. The article reports the WARN filing as a planned workforce reduction tied to the operator change, with uncertainty about whether WeDriveU will hire all 151 staff.

Strauss Borrelli PLLC is investigating MV Transportation after the company notified the Washington Employment Security Department on April 24, 2025 that it would conduct a mass layoff at its Redmond, Washington facility. The firm alleges MV Transportation may have violated the federal WARN Act by failing to provide 60 days' notice before laying off 287 employees, and is seeking to determine whether those employees are entitled to 60 days of pay and benefits. The notice to the state triggered the investigation into whether MV Transportation provided proper WARN Act notice; the article frames the event as a recently announced mass layoff and a potential legal claim rather than describing layoffs already completed. MV Transportation is identified as a Dallas-headquartered paratransit and passenger transportation contracting firm partnered with over 200 public agencies.