Just in time for the holidays, thousands of Starbucks baristas are expected to be back at work Wednesday after a five-day strike.

Baristas at hundreds of Starbucks in California and elsewhere in the U.S. plan to strike in the days before Christmas as plans to negotiate a contract stall.

Workers in about 10 to 15 stores across the Los Angeles, Seattle and Chicago areas kicked off the strike, which spread to a similar number of stores in three additional metropolitan areas each day. By Monday, baristas in more than 50 stores in cities like Boston, Dallas, Denver, New York and Philadelphia did not report for work.