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Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers (www.cnn.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The "labor laws" you reference only exist to give taxi companies monopolies and provide worse experiences for everyone involved

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Still better than the 'gig economy'. If making worker's lives more precarious makes your life better, fuck your life.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The gig economy is less precarious for the people that choose it because it fits their schedule. That's why they choose it. Jobs aren't exactly hard to get right now - they'd do something else if they wanted to.

Also uber drivers don't make less money than taxi drivers. On average, they make about the same.

Taxi: https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/What-Is-the-Average-TAXI-CAB-Driver-Salary-by-State

Uber: https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/What-Is-the-Average-UBER-Taxi-Driver-Salary-by-State

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

That just compares salary, what about benefits?