Talia Jane Versus Yelp: BEST OF TANGOTI

There Are No Girls on the Internet

English - June 17, 2022 18:30 - 40 minutes - 37 MB
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This week, we spoke to labor reporter Kim Kelly about the wave of union organizing at places like Amazon and Starbucks. In light of that, let's revisit our conversation with Talia Jane, who made headlines back in 2016 for asking her company Yelp to pay workers a living wage.

After Talia Jane called out Yelp for failing to pay a living wage, she became the "entitled millennial" poster child. But she was actually right.

Read the Wired profile on Talia's life: https://www.wired.com/2016/04/the-revelations-of-lady-murderface/

Read Talia's Medium piece: https://medium.com/@taliajane/an-open-letter-to-my-ceo-fb73df021e7a

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