Two Minneapolis council members say they’ll make a fresh effort to push through a citywide ordinance that will get rideshare drivers closer to the city’s $15 minimum wage.
Council Members Robin Wonsley and Jason Chavez joined the Minnesota Uber/Lyft Drivers Association (MULDA) at City Hall on Tuesday to tout an analysis that they say showed their proposed rates came closest to the city’s wage floor.
“Next steps, let’s, like, pass this finally,” Wonsley said. “And there’s no reason why we shouldn’t have unanimous support from the council as well as Mayor [Jacob] Frey on this.”
In an email statement, Frey’s office said he continues to support paying Minneapolis rideshare drivers a fair and equitable wage. He supports a $1.17 per-mile and a $0.34 per minute pay rate for drivers.
That would roughly double the current rate of pay for drivers, according to the statement.
Wonsley’s proposed model would pay drivers a rate of $1.40 per mile and $0.51 per minute for the time transporting a rider in Minneapolis.