Minneapolis mayor vetoes minimum wage bill for Lyft, Uber drivers: ‘An inexcusable betrayal of Minneapolis workers’
Minneapolis mayor vetoes minimum wage bill for Lyft, Uber drivers: ‘An inexcusable betrayal of Minneapolis workers’
Mayor vetoed minimum-wage laws for ride-sharing drivers after Lyft and Uber threatened to leave the city.
Minneapolis mayor vetoes minimum wage bill for Lyft, Uber drivers: ‘An inexcusable betrayal of Minneapolis workers’::The city’s mayor nixed minimum wages for ride-hailing drivers in a move one city council member called “an inexcusable betrayal of Minneapolis workers.”
Wow, he negotiated a contract with Uber only. Lyft drivers fucked. Drivers will probably flee to Uber for higher guarantees. Will Lyft compete to retain their talent or continue to pay the minimum? Or will they drop out of the city entirely and leave Uber as the de facto monopoly in drive sharing?
Mayor pretty much gave a middle finger to its people with the veto. I wonder how much the mayor was wined and dined to ignore 8 months of work by the city and consultants
97Someone should show the mayor that you can't treat large portions of your constituents like they're trash.
31But they can. gestures broadly to everything
7I thought Uber said they would leave altogether if they passed that law. If the mayor didn't veto then wouldn't that lead to a lot of job loss?
-24I dont see how it can be called a "job" if it doesn't pay even minimum wage
32If they left, others would take their place. In this situation, only ride share mega companies win, and at the direct expense of those at the very bottom.
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Bad journalism that doesn't explain the current state of things for the drivers. Not everyone is up on the sanctioned exploitation of drivers.
What are they getting now and how does this improve things?
Don't worry! The reader can find that in a different article.
25Sourcing this critical information is an exercise left to the reader
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I used to ride share drive part time. I don't think there is anyone who does strictly Uber or strictly Lyft. You do both to get more money.
24Plenty of people in the UK are strictly Uber as it works like a normal cab firm here, ride sharing isn't really a thing.
12In Denmark Uber was told they can't operate, you need a license to drive a taxi so the amount of taxis match with the amount of people - if there are to many taxis everyone can't make a living wage.
Uber could register as a normal taxi company, but they were not interested in that.
Funny thing for the short period they were operating most the drivers didn't register to pay taxes of the income, but tax department just asked Uber for a list of drivers and their income.
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Clickbait title.
In his veto message, Frey wrote he “secured a commitment from Uber” that drivers picking up passengers in Minneapolis or driving within the city will make the city’s minimum wage of $15 an hour. The company also committed to paying Uber drivers at least $5 for any trip in the metro area.
-21This context means nothing. They made a law protecting workers, the mayor vetoed it. Uber is much happier with this. And Lyft, who made no agreement, is ecstatic!
Yay corporations!
76Uber is happy because they will know drivers will flee to their platform for higher guarantees. Whether Lyft will remain in the city or compete is something we will find out.
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It's fortunate that Uber is famous for following the rules.
37Not a clickbait title, the original bill covered all ride-sharing. He only struck at deal with Uber, and Uber only struck a deal so bills like this would spread and lead to them having to pay fair wages in other cities. He played the role of a corporate patsy and threw a hard-won citizens-supported bill in the trash in exchange for a small face-saving gesture.
27Out governor also vetoed a state-wide ridesharing bill earlier this year. The title includes none of the nuance, and a lot of inflammatory language. Reads like clickbait to me
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A verbal agreement from a corporation doesn't mean shit. Unless there is the risk of financial punishment they won't comply the second it becomes inconvenient
20“Don’t worry, bro. Just shake my hand. This deal is 100% legit, bro. We promise we’ll pay up. Just trust us.”
This dude did the absolute bare minimum in typical politician fashion.
10Did he roll over and let them rub his belly afterwards?
7Secured a commitment from Uber. Which is to say ‘we said whatever ensured you would veto the bill and will pull the rug as soon as nobody is paying close attention’
4Sounds like a reasonable trade-off, likely at the expense of ride prices though. I hope Minneapolis has a viable public alternative for those who used the rideshares to get around and might be priced out by the increase, whenever it arrives
-17You know what's better than easily broken "agreements"? Actual fucking laws.
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