Downtown protest held over racial disparity in employment

by Steve Savard / News 4 and Dan Greenwald / KMOV.com

KMOV.com

Posted on March 5, 2015 at 6:05 PM

Updated Thursday, Mar 5 at 7:10 PM

(KMOV.com) About 12 people rallied outside the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Thursday to protest the racial disparity in employment in the St. Louis region.

White unemployment in the St. Louis area is 5.7 percent, African American unemployment is 14.1 percent. Organizers said they want the Fed to adopt policies focused on getting more people get back to work.

Its not easy getting a job, when you are qualified even when you look the part, one demonstrator said.

Organizers said the story of one attendee demonstrates the problem.

When you do get the job, its something to get you buy, but its not a livable wage, Ray Rounds said.

Rounds said he left a low paying job to go back to school at the Green Technology Training Program at St. Louis University.

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Downtown protest held over racial disparity in employment