Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers | CNN Business
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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.

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.

  • CustodialTeapot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    844·
    1 year ago

    You mean exist to ensure the underpaid actually get the legal minimum wage and to stop exploitive rich people from exploiting poor people?

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
      172·
      1 year ago

      But it isn’t like a lot of taxi companies didn’t do the same thing to their workers.

      In most parts of the US, restriction of the number of taxis came from issuing a limited number of medallions. The owners of these medallions effectively became rentseekers, renting out their medallions to drivers. The system was rife with abuse.

      Part of the main issue now is that a lot of small rentseekers got taken over by two big ones.

      • nbailey@lemmy.caEnglish
        29·
        1 year ago

        Uber & Lyft drivers assume all the financial risk and responsibility for their car payment, maintenance, insurance, cleaning, health and dental insurance, etc. You’ll find that once you factor in the externalities the tech companies push into their workers, they don’t necessarily make good money at all.

        • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1124·
          1 year ago

          Because it’s a custom minimum wage that only their companies have to pay, set arbitrarily to make shit like taxis more competitive.

          Yellow Cab fucking admitted in NYC that they only pushed the “Uber drivers make lower wages” rhetoric because they couldn’t compete, when in fact Uber drivers make what taxi drivers make.

          So now Uber just contracts out taxis, and gets their money anyway

          https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/24/business/uber-new-york-taxis.html

          But at least people have to pay more for rides.

          • Laticauda@lemmy.caEnglish
            92·
            1 year ago

            How the hell does a minimum wage make taxis more competitive? That doesn’t make any sense. If uber drivers already make more than the minimum wage then a minimum wage would have no effect on that.

            • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
              34·
              1 year ago

              You should read the article, because it’s only a set minimum for those two companies, not a general min wage.

          • cubedsteaks@lemmy.todayEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            I don’t know why you’re getting downvoted. I am in Portland and Uber & Lyft are so popular here that the cabs here mostly do medical transport for non-emergency situations. I use to be a dispatcher here for several years. All cabs did were go to various hospitals and doctor offices.

        • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
          312·
          1 year ago

          It’s weird that you think someone making more than 30-35% of the country is “poor”

          You’ll forgive me for not putting much stock in your “total guess” when you believe as you do.

            • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
              317·
              1 year ago

              A) it’s fun how I can tell you’re from a wealthy family

              B) all averages are calculated the same way. That’s what “average” means. It’s literally a method of calculation.

                • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  46·
                  1 year ago

                  If I’d meant median or mode I would have used those words. Average is equivalent to mean.

                  Your link even says this, if you’d bothered to read it.

                  Mean: The mean is what you get by adding up all of the numbers and dividing by how many numbers were in the list. Most people think of the mean when they use the word ‘average’ in a mathematical sense.

                • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  18·
                  1 year ago

                  No it’s just calling out the “rich progressive savior” mindset, and it’s always been derogatory.

                  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    42·
                    1 year ago

                    It’s sure neat how when centrists can no longer defend exploitative labor practices, they attack the person they’re talking to. Usually it’s with “You don’t understand how anything works” or “I assume you’re young and therefore wrong.” “I assume you have money and are therefore wrong” is a new one.

            • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
              211·
              1 year ago

              Tell me you have rich parents without telling me you have rich parents.

              • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
                41·
                1 year ago

                Tell me you expect people to pretend they’re not poor in order to validate exploitative practices of a massive corporation without telling me you’re a centrist.