Veolia Transportation employees to shift companies in contract change

More than 75 Veolia Transportation employees in Baltimore plan to switch companies next month as part of a new contract.

Veolia told the state's labor department in a filing Tuesday that it planned to lay off 78 employees starting in March. But Dave Siedentopf, general manager of Veolia, said those employees are taking jobs with First Transit.

Veolia and MV Transportation had been splitting a contract to the run the Maryland Transit Administration's mobility program. Siedentopf said First Transit…