Comment on Uber and Lyft now required to pay Massachusetts rideshare drivers $32 an hour

• RalphFurley@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  As someone who lives here and doesn’t drive, services like this are extremely valuable to me

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  • chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I get that, but they deserve to be paid a livable wage like everyone else.

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    • RalphFurley@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I agree and I’m happy to pay more. I just hope this doesn’t go away.

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    • errer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Why do these drivers get paid a 50% higher wage than minimum wage? EMT drivers don’t even get this much

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      • chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        EVERYONE deserves a liveable wage, including the people you mentioned.

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      • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        You’re right, and I’m angry too.

        EMT drivers should be paid more (as well as the Uber/Lyft drivers)!

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      • WalrusDragonOnABike@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Because part of the time they aren’t being paid at all for their work and a good chunk of that money goes into the vehicle and fuel itself. After accounting for all the unpaid labor hours and expenses, it probably still comes out sub-minimum-wage.

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  • WanderingVentra@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You guys need public transportation.

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    • fishpen0@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      We have it but the trains are catching on fire and derailing and they shut the orange line down for a month to try to fix it. Meanwhile one of our main tunnels is also collapsing so that’s shut down too. My home is one mile from downtown and it’s also directly on a bike path that goes into the city, which is also closed because it’s also collapsing into the mystic river. It currently takes me 40 minutes to get downtown no matter what transit I take including walking.

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      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        most public transport worldwide isn’t trains, it’s buses

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• IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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…

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  • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That service is called “The Ride”, and I’ve heard it’s terrible. Drivers can show up hours late or not at all.

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