Veto-proof Minneapolis City Council approves rideshare driver pay hike; Frey vows veto anyway

Dismissing Uber and Lyft's vows to leave town and declaring a victory for a sector of underpaid workers, a veto-proof majority of the Minneapolis City Council on Thursday approved a pay increase for rideshare drivers that Mayor Jacob Frey immediately pledged to veto.

The vote was 9 to 4, enough to override a veto if that vote were to hold.

If the council overrides the promised veto this month, both ride-hailing companies said Thursday they would cease operations in the city - and perhaps Minnesota - on May 1, the day the pay increase would take effect.

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