Amazon workers to strike at multiple US warehouses during holiday season

Thousands of Amazon.com workers will walk off the job on Thursday at 6 a.m. ET (1100 GMT), in the crucial final days of the holiday season, after union officials said the retailer failed to come to the bargaining table.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said unionised workers at facilities in New York City; Skokie, Illinois; Atlanta, San Francisco and southern California will join the picket line to seek contracts guaranteeing better wages and work conditions.