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.

The strike, which began Friday in Los Angeles, Chicago and Starbucks’ hometown of Seattle, continued spreading to stores across the country over the weekend.

Tuesday marked the culmination of a five-day strike that started in three states before expanding to 43 and more than 300 stores.

Starbucks workers in San Antonio joined a nationwide strike on Thursday, participating in a walkout that has expanded across the country.

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,

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.

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

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,

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

Starbucks baristas shut down the store at LaPorte Avenue and Silhavy Road in Valparaiso at noon on Christmas Eve in an attempt to bring the coffee behemoth to recognize the only unionized store in

More than 5,000 workers were expected to take part in walkout that ends later on Christmas Eve, their union says.