Further proof that if they could pay you less (or nothing), they happily would.

Oh no. People might have to use regular taxis.

Good! Providing a cheap service at the cost of the staff doing the work is not acceptable.

This is all just grandstanding anyway. They may leave, but likely they will just increase their rates.

GTFO of Minneapolis if you can't pay your employees you don't deserve to do business here

“Allow us to exploit the labor or we will leave the market”

Same excuse since the dawn of slavery

Ok bye! Nobody needs overpriced services that underpay all employees.

Good. If business plan relies on exploiting workers, then it's a garbage business plan & deserves to fail.

Call their bluff, they won't leave.

Okay bye bye. It’s not like they suddenly take all the drivers and their cars with them. Are they forgetting what business they are in? All they do is match drivers with passengers. Some other scrappy startup can easily fill that gap when they leave. Uber became only big because of first mover advantage and cut throat capitalism. Their tech is not groundbreaking.

If every business in Ohio left that cried about some laws there wouldn't be any left

They never pass up profit, even if it's less

don't threaten me with a good time

Conveniently, biking will be a good alternative again once the bike lane isn't full of illegally parked rideshare cars.

(Not from MN but Ubers are a plague for safe city biking where I am)

Considering they are not really any cheaper than taxis, no biggie.

When scummy companies like that are really pissed off about a new policy, that policy is exactly the right thing to do.

Good fucking riddance.

Ha anything to avoid responsibility

Oh no, they'll have to pay their employees half the cost of living...

... Anyways

And then was born a 3rd competitor.

Oh no...anyway

While I think this should pass, don't hold your breath. Mayor Frey will probably veto it. He's a very moderate, business friendly Democrat and our governor also vetoed a similar bill from the state legislature earlier this year. Right or wrong, they are concerned that any disruption of Uber/Lyft services would be extremely detrimental to people who depend on them. Public transportation in MN is really bad and this is one of the major ways people get around.