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Lyft and Uber threatened to stop doing business in Minneapolis after the city council adopted a new rule Thursday that would set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers.

Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers::Lyft and Uber threatened to stop doing business in Minneapolis after the city council adopted a new rule Thursday that would set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers.

  • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    There’s nothing preventing Uber, Lyft, or any other company from charging realistic rates to pay drivers a minimum wage. But if Uber or Lyft do this, their rates end up being more than traditional taxis, so the question is why

    • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Uber and lift drivers make more than minimum wage, and make basically the same income as taxi drivers, so I’m not sure what you’re even saying here.

      They cost less than taxis because they have less overhead.

      • Deiv@lemmy.caEnglish
        13·
        1 year ago

        If that was the case then this bill would be of no concern to them. In reality, only some drivers make more than minimum wage, not all

        • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          It’s an additional charge just for those companies, not an actual minimum wage.

          Read the article.

          • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
            6·
            1 year ago

            The Minneapolis City Council is trying to create a new minimum wage for drivers. Uber and Lyft drivers are not “already making” this. What are you reading?

            • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              1 year ago

              I didn’t say they were making the custom-built minimum designed solely to impact their companies, but rather that they make over the actual minimum wage