Amazon workers are on strike outside a warehouse in Maspeth, Queens, along with other locations around the country. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said it represents nearly 10,000 Amazon workers who are demanding better pay and working conditions.

Thousands of workers are striking, as picket lines formed outside seven Amazon distribution centers from New York to California Thursday morning.

Amazon warehouse workers in San Francisco and six other facilities around the nation went out on strike Thursday to try to force the e-commerce giant to negotiate with them.

Amazon workers at several locations launched a strike Thursday morning as their union, Teamsters, said the e-commerce giant has repeatedly refused to negotiate with them.

The Teamsters union is launching a strike against Amazon at numerous locations across the country, including in Maspeth, Queens.

The Teamsters said the strike at seven facilities is the largest ever against Amazon. But the retailer doesn't anticipated a slowdown to deliveries.

The strike – spanning seven facilities across the United States – is the largest against Amazon in U.S. history, according to the Teamsters. More are “prepared to join,” says the union, which represents nearly 10,

Coordinated strikes ahead of Christmas in a handful of cities including San Francisco and New York see the Teamsters challenge the nation’s second-largest private employer.