{"id":14749,"date":"2024-06-07T13:38:12","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T11:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/07\/uber-and-lyft-made-a-deal-to-raise-drivers-wages-it-was-another-victory-for-big-tech-edward-ongweso\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T13:38:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T11:38:12","slug":"uber-and-lyft-made-a-deal-to-raise-drivers-wages-it-was-another-victory-for-big-tech-edward-ongweso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/07\/uber-and-lyft-made-a-deal-to-raise-drivers-wages-it-was-another-victory-for-big-tech-edward-ongweso\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber and Lyft made a deal to raise drivers\u2019 wages. It was another victory for big tech |  Edward Ongweso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minneapolis cracked a deal with the companies, but it preserves integral parts of their model, allowing the firms to undermine the compromise later<\/p>\n<p>Who came out ahead when the Minneapolis city council announced a deal with Uber and Lyft to increase driver pay and improve working conditions last month?<\/p>\n<p>On 20 May, the city council <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/us\/articles\/2024-05-20\/uber-and-lyft-say-theyll-stay-in-minnesota-after-legislature-passes-driver-pay-compromise#:~:text=May%2020%2C%202024%2C%20at%209%3A50%20a.m.&amp;text=ST.,Minneapolis%20officials%20earlier%20this%20year.\">heralded<\/a> a compromise with the ride-hailing companies. Uber and Lyft would agree to an inflation-pegged wage floor matching Minnesota\u2019s minimum wage of $15 an hour after expenses. Some lawmakers have hailed this as a 20% raise for drivers \u2013however, the deal\u2019s pay rates are <a href=\"https:\/\/minnesotareformer.com\/2024\/05\/21\/heres-whats-in-the-bill-regulating-uber-and-lyft-driver-pay-and-labor-standards\/\">lower<\/a> than almost every proposal made over the past two years amid a bitter fight between Uber, Lyft, their drivers and lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/article\/2024\/jun\/07\/uber-lyft-wage-increase-big-tech-win\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0328fce3e12d64ca263f18ad190b97edb3400a4f\/379_610_2757_1654\/master\/2757.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=15f5af4713deac9a1121b40ae5a7ea6c\" title=\"Uber and Lyft made a deal to raise drivers\u2019 wages. It was another victory for big tech |  Edward Ongweso\" \/>Minneapolis cracked a deal with the companies, but it preserves integral parts of their model, allowing the firms to undermine the compromise later<br \/>\nWho came out ahead when the Minneapolis city council announced a deal with Uber and Lyft to increase driver pay and improve working conditions last month?<br \/>\nOn 20 May, the city council heralded a compromise with the ride-hailing companies. Uber and Lyft would agree to an inflation-pegged wage floor matching Minnesota\u2019s minimum wage of $15 an hour after expenses. Some lawmakers have hailed this as a 20% raise for drivers \u2013however, the deal\u2019s pay rates are lower than almost every proposal made over the past two years amid a bitter fight between Uber, Lyft, their drivers and lawmakers. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minneapolis cracked a deal with the companies, but it preserves integral parts of their model, allowing the firms to undermine the compromise later Who came out ahead when the Minneapolis city council announced a deal with Uber and Lyft to increase driver pay and improve working conditions last month? On 20 May, the city council &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/07\/uber-and-lyft-made-a-deal-to-raise-drivers-wages-it-was-another-victory-for-big-tech-edward-ongweso\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Uber and Lyft made a deal to raise drivers\u2019 wages. It was another victory for big tech |  Edward Ongweso<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14749"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}