#STL735 Rally Takes to the Streets in the Delmar Loop

Striking fast food workers across St. Louis took to the streets Thursday afternoon in University City. 

On Wednesday workers from Jimmy John's and McDonald's stores walked out in a push for respect through better pay and improved working conditions. Shannon Garth-Rhodes, spokesperson with the effort, said some Jimmy John's employees were subjected to forms of mental abuse.

Garth-Rhodes told Patch this is part of a fight for the right to form a union without retaliation.

"Workers will strike for a $15 per hour wage floor and to take a stand against unfair retaliation targeting workers who are sticking together to speak out for better jobs," she said.

Striking workers gathered at Kingsland and Delmar for a rally march to Church's Chicken. A second rally and concert occurred about an hour later at Leeland and Delmar outside Vintage Vinyl

Garth-Rhodes said the local action is part of a bigger movement. 

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Patch Editor Karlie Baker contributed to this report.

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