Less than a week before Christmas, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced that workers will strike at various Amazon locations throughout the country starting Thursday at 6 a.m. The work stoppage is due to a union claim that Amazon has repeatedly rejected bargaining requests with “thousands of Amazon workers who organized with the Teamsters,” a press release read. 

The Teamsters website promoted the announcement of the strike as the “largest strike against Amazon in American history.” Approximately 10,000 workers are expected to participate in the work stoppage. It comes during the busiest shopping time of the year, when people buy gifts for the Christmas holiday— something that Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien noted.