REPORTED · WARN NOTICE✓ VERIFIEDPublished Aug 21, 2026

MV Transportation Files WARN for 151 Collier Area Transit Workers in East Naples Transition

SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGFlorida Department of Commerce· filed July 30, 2026View the filing ↗

What we know

Location: East Naples, Florida.

Department affected: Collier Area Transit operations (drivers, dispatch, reservations, customer service, etc.).

A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on July 30, 2026.

Industry: Transportation and Warehousing.

Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the FL state workforce agency.

Summary

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.

MV Transportation, Inc disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the FL state workforce agency on July 30, 2026.

LayoffTalk has tracked 9 layoff events at MV Transportation, Inc since June 2023, including 1,505 jobs documented in official WARN filings.