A walkout by Starbucks baristas expanded on Tuesday, as more workers joined the five-day labor action against the coffee giant, which will end later in the day.

The Seattle-based company and Starbucks Workers United, the union that represents employees at 525 stores across the country, provided¹ conflicting estimates² of the number of locations affected³.

Starbucks Workers United reported that over 5,000 baristas walked off the job on Tuesday, closing over 300 stores in 43 states.



Workers at more than 60 stores in 12 major cities walked out on Monday, with the Christmas Eve strike being the largest yet, according to the union.