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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.

  • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
    226·
    11 months 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.

    • DeivEnglish
      131·
      11 months 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
        218·
        11 months ago

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

        Read the article.

      • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
        49·
        11 months ago

        Nothing in this article disagrees with what I’m saying

        • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
          61·
          11 months 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
            38·
            11 months 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