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Do uber drivers make good money in seattle

A familiar question is at the heart of a new fight before the Seattle City Council: Just how much are drivers for services like Uber and Lyft actually making? It’s not an easy question to answer. A city council committee approved a resolution last week indicating the council’s plans to consider setting minimum Uber rates using city law. Council members say they want to address reports of low driver pay and level the playing field for traditional taxi drivers. The full council will vote on the resolution today. If it passes, the council ubwr debate more specific legislation in coming months. Drivers on both sides of the issue have shown up at council committee meetings in recent weeks, telling very different stories about how much they earn. Most of the discussion has focused on Uber, which seqttle more drivers in Seattle than Lyft. It’s a fight the council has heard. That driver, Takele Gobena, now works for Teamsters Localthe union trying to organize drivers. That is ...