A Starbucks barista strike is expanding to some 5,000 workers at what organizers said was more than 300 stores in 45 states, just as the company's busy holiday stretch begins. Though it still only represents approximately 3% of all U.

A worker strike against Starbucks Inc. (NASDAQ: SBUX) started in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Seattle. Depending on the source, it then moved to nine states, including Colorado, Missouri, New Jersey, New York,

In what the union has dubbed "The Strike Before Christmas," more than 5,000 workers are walking out of 300-plus Starbucks locations nationwide Tuesday.

Starbucks (SBUX) baristas are continuing to strike as part of a planned five-day walkout — which originally started in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle last — over contract negotiations. The walkout caused around 60 stores to close as the strike is expected to expand to more than 300 locations across the US,

Starbucks Workers United told USA TODAY that employees in Boston, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Portland, Oregon also joined picket lines.

A rolling strike of Starbucks baristas began Friday and grows to include about 300 of the coffee giant's shops across the U.S.

A five-day strike by Starbucks baristas had closed at least 59 stores as of Monday afternoon, according to the union organizing the workers

Starbucks baristas' fast-growing unfair labor practice strike is expected to hit historic levels Tuesday as hundreds of stores nationwide prepare to join walkouts at the coffee giant. The Starbucks Workers United strike,