Amazon and Starbucks workers strike for union recognition and better working conditions. Labor leaders prepare for potential rollback of worker protections under Trump administration. California unions seek state-level safeguards against weakening federal labor regulations.

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 labor contract.