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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 L4s to c/technology

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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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[–] Etterra 58 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I see no down side here. Taxi unions existed long before Uber and Lyft undercut the hell out of them.

[–] elscallr 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Those taxi unions had a monopoly in the areas they served (which was far smaller than Uber and Lyft's service area) and their prices reflected that.

If Uber and Lyft leave there's one thing sure to happen: a lot more people dying from being hit by drunk drivers.

This isn't a good thing any way you cut it.

[–] Skitburd 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

dog what

dude there are like... other rideshare apps

and taxis still exist

and Minneapolis has an effective (for America) transit system

there are so many options in place before breaking the law

and if paying a living wage is not possible for Uber or Lyft, maybe they shouldn't be in business

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Honestly exactly this, if a business is impossible to exist without exploitation then it straight up shouldn't exist, and if that means our economy can't exist, it needs to be rethought so goods and services exist to be goods and services, and not a money making scam.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That all means nothing when some night in the coming weeks Joe 6 pack walks out of the bar after a few to many, tries to get an Uber, a Lyft, both fail. Looks at his car he was gonna leave there, and risks it.

This isn't an acceptance of the unfair work conditions, it's simply an outcome that WILL happen if the cord is cut all at once.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wage slavery is an unacceptable form of drunk driving prevention.

[–] elscallr 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're doing a terrible disservice to those people who were, and still are, actually enslaved by using that term.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah but the comment wouldn't be quite as snippy without the hyperbolic phrase.