Workers at Starbucks stores plan to go on a five-day strike starting Friday to protest lack of progress in contract negotiations with the company. The strike, which would come a day after online retail giant Amazon was also hit by a walkout in the crucial final shopping days the season,

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 labor contract.

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