US EditionLyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis after city council forces them to pay drivers more
- Minneapolis debates minimum wage for gig workers as rideshare companies threaten to leave the city.
- Uber and Lyft criticize local ordinance, claim prices will double and services will become unsustainable.
- City council overrides mayor's veto, implementing minimum wage increase for rideshare drivers, leading to threat of service stoppage on May 1.
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Uber and Lyft won't operate in Minneapolis after the city hiked the minimum wage for drivers
Uber and Lyft have vowed to stop offering service in Minneapolis starting May 1 after the city council voted 10-3 on Thursday to override the mayor’s veto on a minimum wage for drivers. Minnesota’s Democratic governor, Tim Walz, vetoed a similar pay floor for rideshare drivers statewide last year.Read more...
Uber, Lyft to leave Minneapolis due to minimum wage law
Uber and Lyft said they will stop operating in Minneapolis after the city council voted to overrule the mayor's veto of a minimum wage law impacting rideshare drivers. Lyft said it is "shutting down operations in Minneapolis" when the law takes effect on May 1. Uber said it will stop operating its transportation network in the entire metro area, including the airport, that same day. The ordinance, which faced fierce pushback from the ride-share …
Uber and Lyft to leave Minneapolis over ‘deeply flawed’ pay rules
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Uber and Lyft are pulling their services out of Minneapolis after the city council passed an ordinance that will increase drivers’ pay. Both companies say they will no longer offer ridesharing services in the city when the ordinance goes into effect on May 1st. The ordinance, which guarantees drivers a minimum rate of $1.40 per mile and 51 cents per minute while carrying a rider, was first passed last wee…
Uber, Lyft to stop operations in Minneapolis over minimum wage law
Uber Technologies and Lyft said on Friday they will stop operations in Minneapolis starting May 1 after the city's council paved the path for rideshare drivers to be paid a minimum wage.The council voted 10-3 to override Mayor Jacob Frey's veto, ensuring rideshare drivers in the city are paid $15.57 an ho
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