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Minneapolis mayor vetoes minimum wage bill for Lyft, Uber drivers: ‘An inexcusable betrayal of Minneapolis workers’::The city’s mayor nixed minimum wages for ride-hailing drivers in a move one city council member called “an inexcusable betrayal of Minneapolis workers.”

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[-] malloc@lemmy.world 102 points 2 years ago

Wow, he negotiated a contract with Uber only. Lyft drivers fucked. Drivers will probably flee to Uber for higher guarantees. Will Lyft compete to retain their talent or continue to pay the minimum? Or will they drop out of the city entirely and leave Uber as the de facto monopoly in drive sharing?

Mayor pretty much gave a middle finger to its people with the veto. I wonder how much the mayor was wined and dined to ignore 8 months of work by the city and consultants

[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 57 points 2 years ago

LMFAO, it's a verbal contract bro, they aren't required to do anything. They won't do anything. This was just purely fucking over the people.

[-] SoylentBlake@lemm.ee 25 points 2 years ago

Verbals binding. Hope there's audio of that conversation.

And any gumption to hold them to their word. Both of them.

[-] db2@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago
[-] Pacers31Colts18@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago

I used to ride share drive part time. I don't think there is anyone who does strictly Uber or strictly Lyft. You do both to get more money.

[-] s38b35M5@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

Bad journalism that doesn't explain the current state of things for the drivers. Not everyone is up on the sanctioned exploitation of drivers.

What are they getting now and how does this improve things?

Don't worry! The reader can find that in a different article.

[-] Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

Sourcing this critical information is an exercise left to the reader

[-] DrMango@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

Clickbait title.

In his veto message, Frey wrote he “secured a commitment from Uber” that drivers picking up passengers in Minneapolis or driving within the city will make the city’s minimum wage of $15 an hour. The company also committed to paying Uber drivers at least $5 for any trip in the metro area.

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 77 points 2 years ago

This context means nothing. They made a law protecting workers, the mayor vetoed it. Uber is much happier with this. And Lyft, who made no agreement, is ecstatic!

Yay corporations!

[-] malloc@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Uber is happy because they will know drivers will flee to their platform for higher guarantees. Whether Lyft will remain in the city or compete is something we will find out.

[-] SCB@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Also all people taking Ubers and Lyfts benefit, as they are cheaper. Yay poor people!

Also Uber and Lyft drivers will get more dates and already make above the min wage, based on existing data. Yay Uber and Lyft drivers!

[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago

Can I have some drugs too?

[-] SCB@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Sure! Where do you live.

Don't drive high tho.

[-] Enigma@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago
[-] SCB@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[-] Cabrio@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

How many hours are they driving? Oh wait, you just assumed they were all only driving 38 hours a week, lmfao, sweet summer child.

[-] thallamabond@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I want to know how many miles it took to get to that 40k. Depreciation, maintenance, fuel, and (in my opinion the worst part) having strangers in your car constantly.

[-] wagoner@infosec.pub 36 points 2 years ago

It's fortunate that Uber is famous for following the rules.

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago

Not a clickbait title, the original bill covered all ride-sharing. He only struck at deal with Uber, and Uber only struck a deal so bills like this would spread and lead to them having to pay fair wages in other cities. He played the role of a corporate patsy and threw a hard-won citizens-supported bill in the trash in exchange for a small face-saving gesture.

[-] DrMango@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Out governor also vetoed a state-wide ridesharing bill earlier this year. The title includes none of the nuance, and a lot of inflammatory language. Reads like clickbait to me

[-] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

A verbal agreement from a corporation doesn't mean shit. Unless there is the risk of financial punishment they won't comply the second it becomes inconvenient

[-] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 11 points 2 years ago

“Don’t worry, bro. Just shake my hand. This deal is 100% legit, bro. We promise we’ll pay up. Just trust us.”

This dude did the absolute bare minimum in typical politician fashion.

[-] overzeetop@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Did he roll over and let them rub his belly afterwards?

[-] RaincoatsGeorge@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago

Secured a commitment from Uber. Which is to say ‘we said whatever ensured you would veto the bill and will pull the rug as soon as nobody is paying close attention’

[-] lemann@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

Sounds like a reasonable trade-off, likely at the expense of ride prices though. I hope Minneapolis has a viable public alternative for those who used the rideshares to get around and might be priced out by the increase, whenever it arrives

[-] Caradoc879@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

You know what's better than easily broken "agreements"? Actual fucking laws.

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