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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        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.

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          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

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          Every argument in this thread is basically taxi protectionism.

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

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            You’re like… The only one talking about taxis, everyone else is talking about worker protection

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            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