Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday vetoed a measure that would have required a minimum wage for rideshare drivers.
The bill, House File 2369, would have required that drivers for rideshare companies such as Lyft and Uber be paid a minimum of $5 per ride, or at least $1.45 per mile and at least 34 cents per minute in the metro area. The rates would have also been adjusted each year for inflation.
Drivers would also be entitled to 80 percent of cancellation fees if they already started their trip to pick up a customer.
The veto came after Uber threatened to leave the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, and only provide its “premium services” in the Twin Cities metro area, starting Aug. 1, if the bill was signed….
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