Comment on Uber and Lyft now required to pay Massachusetts rideshare drivers $32 an hour
thejoker954@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Aka Uber and Lift no longer available in Mass.
Comment on Uber and Lyft now required to pay Massachusetts rideshare drivers $32 an hour
thejoker954@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Aka Uber and Lift no longer available in Mass.
Arbiter@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Nothing of value lost
RalphFurley@lemmy.world 5 months ago
As someone who lives here and doesn’t drive, services like this are extremely valuable to me
chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
I get that, but they deserve to be paid a livable wage like everyone else.
RalphFurley@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I agree and I’m happy to pay more. I just hope this doesn’t go away.
errer@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Why do these drivers get paid a 50% higher wage than minimum wage? EMT drivers don’t even get this much
WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 5 months ago
You guys need public transportation.
fishpen0@lemmy.world 5 months ago
IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 5 months ago
My wife recently reconnected with a friend from college (20+ years ago) who is legally blind & living in MA. And I recently worked with a MA resident that is legally handicapped. Both of them have, through some state service, access to some number of free Uber rides each month. I know in the Boston area there is/was a state run car service for the handicapped, but using Uber apparently provides much more coverage & flexibility.
As long as the Uber drivers are being paid appropriately for this service I see it as a great service for the handicapped. I’d hate to see them lose it…
catloaf@lemm.ee 5 months ago
That service is called “The Ride”, and I’ve heard it’s terrible. Drivers can show up hours late or not at all.