Yahoo Finance reporter Allie Garfinkle details how labor battles at Amazon are intensifying heading into the holiday season as more workers are staging walkouts and strikes.

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AKIKO FUJITA: As Amazon prepares to enter one of its busiest seasons of the year, the e-commerce giant is facing looming threats of strikes, lockouts, and potentially another unionized warehouse. Let's bring in Yahoo Finance's Allie Garfinkle. Allie, today, we're obviously watching that big strike, or potentially big strike, over in the Inland Empire near you. What are we expecting on that front?

ALLIE GARFINKLE: So what we're expecting on that front right now, Akiko, is that these workers have vowed to walk out. And to say the most important thing is not just that strike, though. We're actually seeing a wave of those kind of strike action votes, proposed walkouts, actual walkouts happening across the country and across the world this week. This week, in a first for the country, UK workers voted for a strike action. Or this week, we also saw workers in both Illinois and Georgia walk out of Amazon reportedly.

So this is exactly what experts have been telling me to watch for, for months. Is it spreading? Can they-- can workers gain some real momentum here that is just not just in New York, but across the country because that is truly how they gain bargaining power. Today, it looks like the answer to that question is yes. Amazon hasn't yet returned my request for comment.

AKIKO FUJITA: And of course, this is coming on the back of their most recent Prime Day, which some would argue kind of fell flat as they tried to build momentum going into the holiday season. What's the expectation in terms of any kind of disruption as we go into the busiest time of year?

ALLIE GARFINKLE: There's definitely fears of work stoppage. And the reality, Akiko, is what happens next week at this Albany vote may change-- this Albany vote may change everything as well. The reality is for workers, this is a momentum game. They are hitting Amazon at a time when Amazon needs them most. And if they can really maximize this moment, it could really create a sea change. However, long-term, experts will always say, time is on Amazon's side. So what I would say here, Akiko, is, we watch for full stoppages, and we watch for what happens next week at the Albany vote.

AKIKO FUJITA: OK, I imagine Amazon's bracing for that as well. Allie Garfinkle, as always, appreciate you staying on top of those developments.