Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers | CNN Business
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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.

  • Etterra@lemmy.worldEnglish
    60·
    1 year ago

    I see no down side here. Taxi unions existed long before Uber and Lyft undercut the hell out of them.

    • elscallr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      1 year ago

      Those taxi unions had a monopoly in the areas they served (which was far smaller than Uber and Lyft’s service area) and their prices reflected that.

      If Uber and Lyft leave there’s one thing sure to happen: a lot more people dying from being hit by drunk drivers.

      This isn’t a good thing any way you cut it.

      • Skitburd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        20·
        1 year ago

        dog what

        dude there are like… other rideshare apps

        and taxis still exist

        and Minneapolis has an effective (for America) transit system

        there are so many options in place before breaking the law

        and if paying a living wage is not possible for Uber or Lyft, maybe they shouldn’t be in business

        • BellaDonna@mujico.orgEnglish
          9·
          1 year ago

          Honestly exactly this, if a business is impossible to exist without exploitation then it straight up shouldn’t exist, and if that means our economy can’t exist, it needs to be rethought so goods and services exist to be goods and services, and not a money making scam.

        • GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          That all means nothing when some night in the coming weeks Joe 6 pack walks out of the bar after a few to many, tries to get an Uber, a Lyft, both fail. Looks at his car he was gonna leave there, and risks it.

          This isn’t an acceptance of the unfair work conditions, it’s simply an outcome that WILL happen if the cord is cut all at once.

        • elscallr@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          You’re doing a terrible disservice to those people who were, and still are, actually enslaved by using that term.