By Savyata Mishra, Gursimran Mehar and Renee Hickman(Reuters) - Some members of the Starbucks workers' union that represents more than 10,000 baristas walked off their jobs in multiple U.S. cities on Friday,

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.

The walkouts in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle come after talks between the company and the workers’ union failed to produce an agreement on raises.