MATA may lay off half its staff
Memphis Area Transit Authority’s interim CEO Bacarra Mauldin says the agency may lay off about half of its employees. Mauldin speaks during the ribbon cutting of artist Brandon Marshall's murals depicting "Jookin" on bus stops in Hickory Hill June 20, 2024. (Benjamin Naylor/The Daily Memphian file)
The Memphis Area Transit Authority may lay off about half of its employees in an effort to balance its budget, according to MATA’s interim CEO Bacarra Mauldin.
“We are literally having to right-size this agency,” Mauldin said.
The transit operator has more than 500 employees. Mauldin said they are looking to reduce that number to about 275.
“If we don’t get any additional funding, this is absolutely what is on the horizon for us,” Mauldin said.
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King Jemison is completing a journalism master’s program at Northwestern University. After graduating from Stanford University in 2021, he taught elementary school in Memphis for two years.
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