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Lyft and Uber to cease operations in Minneapolis after new minimum wage law

Headline from Local News 8, on the newest of 2 developments

Lyft and Uber will stop offering services in Minneapolis on May 1 after the city council overrode the mayor’s veto of a minimum wage for rideshare drivers.

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  1. Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis after city council forces them to pay drivers more

    Headline from The Republic ·

  2. Newest

    Lyft and Uber to cease operations in Minneapolis after new minimum wage law

    Headline from Local News 8 ·

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  1. KOB 4

    Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis after city council forces them to pay drivers more (opens KOB 4)

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    KOB 4's feed description

    Lyft and Uber say they will cease operations in Minneapolis after the city’s council voted Thursday to override a mayoral veto and require ride-hailing services to increase driver wages to the equivalent of the local hourly minimum wage of $15.57.

  2. New York Post

    Lyft, Uber plan to leave Minneapolis after city council forces them to hike driver pay (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Lyft and Uber said they will cease operations in Minneapolis after the city’s council voted Thursday to override a mayoral veto and require that ride-hailing services increase driver wages to the equivalent of the local minimum wage of $15.57 an hour.

  3. Local News 8

    Lyft and Uber to cease operations in Minneapolis after new minimum wage law (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    Lyft and Uber will stop offering services in Minneapolis on May 1 after the city council overrode the mayor’s veto of a minimum wage for rideshare drivers.

  4. Quartz

    Things to know about Uber and Lyft saying they will halt ride-hailing services in Minneapolis (opens Quartz)

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    Quartz's feed description

    Lyft and Uber have said they will halt operations in Minneapolis because of a new city ordinance that increases wages for app-based drivers

  5. Gizmodo

    Uber and Lyft to Stop Offering Rides in Minneapolis After Minimum Wage Hike for Drivers (opens Gizmodo)

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    Gizmodo's feed description

    Minneapolis will become the only major metro area in the U.S. without Uber on May 1.

  6. FOX Business

    Uber, Lyft to leave Minneapolis due to minimum wage law (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    Rideshare companies Uber and Lyft are leaving Minneapolis by May 1 when a new minimum law that will boost driver pay is set to take effect.

  7. Fortune

    Uber and Lyft say they’re done in Minneapolis because $15.57 minimum wage would be ‘unsustainable’ (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    “It should be done in an honest way that keeps the service affordable for riders,” Lyft said, while Uber was reported to make a similar statement.

  8. Engadget

    Uber and Lyft are quitting Minneapolis over a driver pay increase (opens Engadget)

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    Engadget's feed description

    Uber and Lyft say they're ending services in Minneapolis over a city-mandated driver pay increase. The city council pushed through the measure to bring driver pay closer to the local minimum wage of $15.57 an hour.

  9. NPR

    Uber and Lyft threaten to halt operations in Minneapolis over minimum wage law (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    After a minimum wage law gets passed for a second time in the Twin Cities, the ride-hail companies vow to put up a fight.

  10. New York Times

    Uber and Lyft Threaten to Pull Out of Minneapolis After City Council Vote (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    Local lawmakers in the Minnesota city voted on Thursday to guarantee a minimum hourly wage to ride-hailing drivers.

  11. Investopedia

    Uber, Lyft to Leave Minneapolis Over New Wage Regulations (opens Investopedia)

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    Investopedia's feed description

    Uber and Lyft said they will end operations in Minneapolis on May 1 because the companies will not pay the wages required under new regulations passed by the city government on Thursday.

  12. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Lyft, Uber say they will pull out of Minneapolis over pay ordinance (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    MINNEAPOLIS -- Lyft and Uber said they will cease operations in Minneapolis after the City Council voted Thursday to override a mayoral veto and require that ride-hailing services increase driver wages to the equivalent of the local minimum wage of $15.57 an hour.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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