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.”
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
Someone should show the mayor that you can’t treat large portions of your constituents like they’re trash.
But they can. gestures broadly to everything
I thought Uber said they would leave altogether if they passed that law. If the mayor didn’t veto then wouldn’t that lead to a lot of job loss?
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.
Sourcing this critical information is an exercise left to the reader
God, Frey is such a fucking terrible mayor.
Yeah it’s wild. The only thing he’s good at is appearing reasonable and liberal. He’s let the city down repeatedly.
Absolutely. His inaction has legitimately made me consider running a mayoral campaign, and I’m too honest for a political career
I’m too honest for a political career
Thinking like that is why all your politicians are crooks.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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
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
Did he roll over and let them rub his belly afterwards?
