Lyft and Uber say they will cease operations in Minneapolis after the city’s council voted Thursday to override a mayoral veto and require ride-hailing services to increase driver wages to the equivalent of the local hourly minimum wage of $15.57.

Lyft and Uber said they will cease operations in Minneapolis after the city’s council voted Thursday to override a mayoral veto and require that ride-hailing services increase driver wages to the equivalent of the local minimum wage of $15.57 an hour.

Lyft called the ordinance “deeply flawed,” saying in a statement that it supports a minimum earning standard for drivers but not the one passed by the council.

  • Maggoty@lemmy.world
    17·
    9 months ago

    Oh good. Maybe a regional competitor can get a hold then. It’s not exactly a small market.

    It’s also for this reason I don’t think Lyft and Uber would actually leave.

      • xmunk
        181·
        9 months ago

        I hope they don’t let the door hit them on the way out… we don’t want ass prints on the door.