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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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[-] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 111 points 1 year ago

Uber was notorious for moving into and operating in certain cities illegally.

[-] veroxii@aussie.zone 53 points 1 year ago
[-] BlushedPotatoPlayers@sopuli.xyz 21 points 1 year ago

Not all, they were kicked out from Hungary - although that was less a victory of workers' rights rather than that of the taxi driver union.

[-] SCB@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Every argument in this thread is basically taxi protectionism.

[-] yokonzo@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

I mean, I see you personally talking about taxis a lot

[-] SCB@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[-] yokonzo@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Kinda just sound like a conspiracy nut finding arguments where there are none with people who are just talking about the article

[-] SCB@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That's certainly a take.

[-] bustrpoindextr@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

You're like... The only one talking about taxis, everyone else is talking about worker protection

[-] SCB@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That's nonsensical, since workers drive for both.

[-] DudePluto@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Taxi companies tend to be smaller, more locally owned businesses with actual employees instead of "contractors." Why would we *not side with them?

Edit: missed an important word

[-] cubedsteaks@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago

I noticed when I visited Vancouver, BC there were no uber's or lyft's available, however - uber eats was available. And most restaurants I walked past had uber eats signs in the windows saying they did delivery. And this was in like 2018

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