Uber is lying again – the company has no intention of paying drivers the minimum wage

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Today, Uber’s lying again: they’re claiming that by paying drivers “120 per cent of the minimum wage” for “engage time,” the time they are actively picking up and dropping off riders, that this will amount to minimum wage. The part they’re not saying is that almost half of a driver’s shift is spent unengaged and unpaid waiting for a call — thanks to the massive glut of Uber drivers clogging Toronto’s streets — and paying 120 per cent of the drive-time wage will produce an average wage of only $2.50 per hour after expenses.

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says she’s been speaking to drivers and they say working conditions is the top concern. Many say they are unable to afford rent or feed their families.

Uber doesn't even meet Ontario's minimum wage — a measure put in place in 1920 to establish a minimum wage floor — and the company does all they can to keep it that way.