Less than a week before Christmas, Amazon and Starbucks employees are striking as their respective companies refuse to meet union demands.

Amazon delivery drivers and Starbucks baristas are on strike in a handful of U.S. cities as they seek to exert pressure on the two major companies to recognize them as unionized employees or to meet demands for an inaugural

Amazon delivery drivers and Starbucks baristas have expanded strikes in several U.S. cities before the holidays. The workers are demanding the companies recognize them as unionized employees or meet their demands for an inaugural labor contract.