L4sBotAug 18, 2023

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

https://lemmy.world/post/3381897

Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers - Lemmy.world

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.

Show threadgrteAug 18, 2023
Oh no! Businesses whose ‘innovation’ is doing end runs around labour law, leaving? How sad.
Show threadSCBAug 18, 2023
The “labor laws” you reference only exist to give taxi companies monopolies and provide worse experiences for everyone involved
Show threadCustodialTeapotAug 18, 2023
You mean exist to ensure the underpaid actually get the legal minimum wage and to stop exploitive rich people from exploiting poor people?
Show threadSCBAug 18, 2023

Uber drivers don’t make less money than taxi drivers. On average, they make about the same.

Taxi: ziprecruiter.com/…/What-Is-the-Average-TAXI-CAB-D…

Uber: ziprecruiter.com/…/What-Is-the-Average-UBER-Taxi-…

Show threaddarkmarxAug 18, 2023
Then why would the company be against paying minimum wage?
Show threadSCBAug 18, 2023

Because it’s a custom minimum wage that only their companies have to pay, set arbitrarily to make shit like taxis more competitive.

Yellow Cab fucking admitted in NYC that they only pushed the “Uber drivers make lower wages” rhetoric because they couldn’t compete, when in fact Uber drivers make what taxi drivers make.

Show threadcubedsteaks
I don’t know why you’re getting downvoted. I am in Portland and Uber & Lyft are so popular here that the cabs here mostly do medical transport for non-emergency situations. I use to be a dispatcher here for several years. All cabs did were go to various hospitals and doctor offices.
Aug 18, 2023 at 10:28pmWeb
Show threadSCBAug 19, 2023
People here really, really do not like their beliefs challenged by reality
Show threadcubedsteaksAug 21, 2023
well now it feels like I didn’t really leave reddit.