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.

  • MajorHavoc
    181·
    8 months ago

    It’ll be tough finding someone who can build a phone app that consumes both the Square API and the Google Maps API. /s

    Minneapolis may have to settle for only 11 separate college students filling the gap out of their dorm rooms.