The International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced their support of an Amazon worker strike that started Thursday after the company didn’t meet the union’s deadline for bargaining negotiations with protesters.

Teamsters union says Amazon workers at seven warehouses plan to walk off the job Thursday morning in multiple states.

A spokesperson for Amazon said the union claims they represent “thousands of Amazon employees and drivers” when they don’t.

Delays may impact the arrival of packages ahead of Christmas, but wide-scale delays to deliveries appear unlikely.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters union announced Amazon workers would strike starting Thursday in five confirmed states ahead of the Christmas holiday, citing the company’s absence from

Amazon workers have walked off the job at seven facilities throughout the U.S., including the company's Queens location in New York City, as they push for contract talks with their union.

Teamsters President Sean M. O'Brien said that if shoppers are upset over delivery delays because of the strike, they can blame Amazon.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said workers at seven Amazon facilities will begin a strike on Thursday morning.

With Christmas two days away, workers at four Amazon warehouses in Southern California are on strike Monday on claims the corporate giant refuses to recognize their union and negotiate fair contracts.

Amazon delivery drivers and Starbucks baristas are on strike in a handful of U.S. cities as they seek to exert pressure on the two major companies to recognize them as unionized employees or to meet demands for an inaugural labor contract.