St. Louis might have been an unlikely choice for the third Fight for $15 city (called Show Me $15 for the state’s motto), but its strong local labor movement helped lay groundwork for the protests that would come the following year after the death of Michael Brown Jr.
Third Fight for $15 Strike
In 2008 when we had a recession everyone who went to school, got a degree, it didn't mean anything but you go look at a corner and you see another McDonald's being built, another Taco Bell. They were building more and more when we were supposed to be failing.