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.

  • rockSlayer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Hopefully this turns out better than the statewide bill that the governor vetoed earlier this year. It looks like they went with the same mileage payments, which is a good thing. The statewide bill was vetoed due to handicapped transportation services in MN having partnerships with Uber. I wrote to the governor about it, this is going to a committee to quote “find the best solution”. Unfortunately I don’t have high hopes to see it reintroduced. Gig workers need a minimum standard of labor protections.

    Edit: I missed the fact that this is a twin cities ordinance. Fucking good, the metro council should be expanding transportation services to make uber irrelevant.

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      1 year ago

      Hold out a little hope. Democrats have both houses and the governor. And uncharacteristically they’re actually moving some shit though. We got weed legalization, a huge investment in housing, and some good public transit is in the works.