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Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers::Lyft and Uber threatened to stop doing business in Minneapolis after the city council adopted a new rule Thursday that would set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers.

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[โ€“] elscallr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're doing a terrible disservice to those people who were, and still are, actually enslaved by using that term.

[โ€“] darthskull@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah but the comment wouldn't be quite as snippy without the hyperbolic phrase.