Posted on 03/14/2024 5:01:40 PM PDT by lowbridge
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.
“It should be done in an honest way that keeps the service affordable for riders,” Lyft said. “This ordinance makes our operations unsustainable, and as a result, we are shutting down operations in Minneapolis when the law takes effect on May 1.”
Uber did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but news outlets reported that it issued a similar statement saying it would also stop service that day.
Both companies promised to push for statewide legislation that would counter the Minneapolis ordinance, and state House Republicans proposed a bill Thursday that would preempt local regulations of ride-hailing services.
The City Council first passed the measure last week in a 9-4 vote despite Mayor Jacob Frey’s promise to veto it. The measure requires ride-hailing companies to pay drivers at least $1.40 per mile and $0.51 per minute for the time spent transporting a rider — or $5 per ride, whichever is greater — excluding tips. In the event of a multi-city trip, that only applies to the portion that takes place within Minneapolis.
Critics of the bill say costs will likely spike for everyone, including people with low incomes and people with disabilities who rely on ride-hailing services. Supporters say the services have relied on drivers who are often people of color and immigrants for cheap labor.
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Minneapolis. All I can say with all those out of work Muzzies and Africans is one word. Rickshaws!
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Before ride share came to Mpls, there was a huge “fight” over opening up more taxi licenses. The cabbies didn’t want to give up anymore. Soon Lyft came to town, the cities let them drive and the rest is history.
Congrats to the city council members who get free cars and insurance and to the democrat party for raising the costs. Now the drivers will have no job and the people who use Uber and Lyft will have no ride.....
Let’s see they can take a more expensive taxi just as was planned in California where the taxi companies bribed the city gov’t there. To coverup the bribes from the taxi companies the democrats had the minimum wage increased to $20.
It spread and now many many thousands of people are out of work as. Now the fast food prices are too high and the employees are being replaced by robots and people who take your order at the drive thru are from out of state.
I guess Seattle and NY don’t care about gouging their car-less citizens to make up for the increased wage hikes...
They use immigrants for drivers? Never mind. I was thinking illegals, and I didn’t know if Minneapolis allowed illegals to get driver licenses.
New York City has a proud tradition of black market everything.
That is how they survive leftist rule and rules.
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