Lyft and Uber said they will cease operations in Minneapolis after the city’s council voted Thursday to override a mayoral veto and require that ride-hailing services increase driver wages to the equivalent of the local minimum wage of $15.57 an hour.
Lyft called the ordinance “deeply flawed,” saying in a statement that it supports a minimum earning standard for drivers but not the one passed by the council.
If a business cannot operate while paying a livable wage, it does not need to exist. That doesn’t mean minimum wage, that means a liveable wage.
Any business that’s not even willing to do the minimum… Fuck 'em.
Well the living wage in the twin cities is roughly $23/hr while living alone with no kids, so it’s still a ways off. However, I actually hope they leave. Then metro transit has good reason to greatly expand the lightrail lines
I hope they get something similar to the Driver’s Cooperative, which is like Uber/Lyft but owned but the drivers themselves. Right now though my understanding is they’re only in NYC/Denver.
Yep, I know the CWAer that helped form the coop in Denver! Driver co-ops will become very popular as people realize they’re getting screwed by these companies
And if the public still needs the service that a business can’t fill, it should be publicly funded and pay its employees a living wage.
-FDR
http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/odnirast.html