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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.

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All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.

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Higher wages for underpaid workers.
Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
Better and fewer working hours.
Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.

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Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis after city council forces them to pay drivers more (apnews.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

Lyft called the ordinance “deeply flawed,” saying in a statement that it supports a minimum earning standard for drivers but not the one passed by the council.

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[–] [email protected] 97 points 8 months ago (3 children)

If a business cannot operate while paying a livable wage, it does not need to exist. That doesn't mean minimum wage, that means a liveable wage.

Any business that's not even willing to do the minimum... Fuck 'em.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

It seems to me to be equally plain that no business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By "business" I mean the whole of commerce as well as the whole of industry; by workers I mean all workers, the white collar class as well as the men in overalls; and by living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level-I mean the wages of decent living.

-FDR

http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/odnirast.html

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

And if the public still needs the service that a business can’t fill, it should be publicly funded and pay its employees a living wage.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well the living wage in the twin cities is roughly $23/hr while living alone with no kids, so it's still a ways off. However, I actually hope they leave. Then metro transit has good reason to greatly expand the lightrail lines

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I hope they get something similar to the Driver's Cooperative, which is like Uber/Lyft but owned but the drivers themselves. Right now though my understanding is they're only in NYC/Denver.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yep, I know the CWAer that helped form the coop in Denver! Driver co-ops will become very popular as people realize they're getting screwed by these companies