And if the public still needs the service that a business can’t fill, it should be publicly funded.
Comment on Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis after city council forces them to pay drivers more
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 7 months ago
If a business cannot operate while paying a livable wage, it does not need to exist. That doesn’t mean minimum wage, that means a liveable wage.
Any business that’s not even willing to do the minimum… Fuck 'em.
Zachariah@lemmy.world 7 months ago
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It seems to me to be equally plain that no business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By “business” I mean the whole of commerce as well as the whole of industry; by workers I mean all workers, the white collar class as well as the men in overalls; and by living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level-I mean the wages of decent living.
-FDR
rockSlayer@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Well the living wage in the twin cities is roughly $23/hr while living alone with no kids, so it’s still a ways off. However, I actually hope they leave. Then metro transit has good reason to greatly expand the lightrail lines
LesserAbe@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I hope they get something similar to the Driver’s Cooperative, which is like Uber/Lyft but owned but the drivers themselves. Right now though my understanding is they’re only in NYC/Denver.
rockSlayer@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yep, I know the CWAer that helped form the coop in Denver!