Uber and Lyft to Stop Offering Rides in Minneapolis After Minimum Wage Hike for Drivers

Uber and Lyft have vowed to stop offering service in Minneapolis starting May 1 after the city council voted 10-3 on Thursday to override the mayor’s veto on a minimum wage for drivers. Minnesota’s Democratic governor, Tim Walz, vetoed a similar pay floor for rideshare drivers statewide last year. Uber said it would leave the entire metropolitan area of Minneapolis-St. Paul, home to about 3.7 million people, though stressed the state has been working on a resolution. Uber will also stop servicing the largest airport in the area, MSP, despite...