Amid ongoing labor disputes, workers from Starbucks and Amazon have initiated strikes across multiple facilities in the U.S., particularly in major cities like Seattle, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Denver. The strikes, which coincide with the busy holiday shopping season, are driven by demands for better pay, fair scheduling, and improved working conditions. Unionized Starbucks baristas have organized multi-day strikes, threatening to expand the movement to hundreds of stores by Christmas Eve if their demands are not met. This wave of labor action, which has seen thousands of workers participating, represents a growing trend of employee activism as negotiations fail and unions push for a more equitable workplace.