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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 3 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 112 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Uber was notorious for moving into and operating in certain cities illegally.

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  • [–] 53 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    *all cities

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  • [–] 22 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Not all, they were kicked out from Hungary - although that was less a victory of workers' rights rather than that of the taxi driver union.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I noticed when I visited Vancouver, BC there were no uber's or lyft's available, however - uber eats was available. And most restaurants I walked past had uber eats signs in the windows saying they did delivery. And this was in like 2018

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  • [+] -34 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Every argument in this thread is basically taxi protectionism.

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  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I mean, I see you personally talking about taxis a lot

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  • [+] -13 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I don't like protectionism.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    Taxi companies tend to be smaller, more locally owned businesses with actual employees instead of "contractors." Why would we *not side with them?

    Edit: missed an important word

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