Minneapolis City Council members may postpone start of Uber, Lyft minimum wage ordinance startribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from startribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Advocates for disabled people as well as downtown business backers joined Mayor Jacob Frey Monday to urge council members to “step back from the cliff.” They say if Uber and Lyft follow through on their promises to leave the city May. 1 people who rely on their services will be negatively impacted.
Frey joins business, disability and senior advocates to urge reversal of Minneapolis' Uber, Lyft vote yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Frey, backed by business, disability and senior groups call on Minneapolis Council to reverse rideshare vote startribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from startribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Lyft’s chief policy officer Jeremy Bird said in a letter addressed to Council President Elliott Payne that the company is now willing to support an increase to .89 cents per mile and about .49 cents per minute, which is the rate recommended in a study released last month by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry.