Starbucks workers to start US strike on Friday, union says

(FILES) Steph Kronos (L), a pro-Union activist, joins Starbucks workers, former employees, and supporters in holding signs in support of a strike, outside of a Starbucks store in Arlington, Virginia, on November 16, 2023. Workers at Starbucks will walk off the job on December 20, 2024 in three US cities in a strike their union threatened could spread around the country in the busy run-up to Christmas. [AFP]

Workers at Starbucks will walk off the job Friday in three US cities in a strike their union threatened could spread around the country in the busy run-up to Christmas.

The announcement, which will initially affect stores in Los Angeles, Chicago and the firm's home city of Seattle, comes as online giant Amazon was also hit by a walkout in the crucial final shopping days of the festive period.