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

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

*all cities

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.

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

Every argument in this thread is basically taxi protectionism.

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

I don't like protectionism.

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

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

That's nonsensical, since workers drive for both.

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

Yup. And now the founder is rich when he really should be in jail.