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.

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.

Amazon workers have walked off the job at seven facilities throughout the U.S., including the company's Queens location in New York City, as they push for contract talks with their union.