Striking Amazon and Starbucks workers in California and elsewhere have long pushed for union contracts. The Trump administration is unlikely to be on their side.

America’s unions have had a banner year. In November 33,000 machinists returned to their stations at Boeing having won a 38% wage increase over four years. Their victory followed a seven-week strike that brought the planemaker to its knees.

Meg Wright wants Starbucks Corp. executives to negotiate a fair contract that includes protected benefits and increased wages. But that contract hasn't come to fruition in a yearslong battle between company executives and officials of the national organization Starbucks Workers United,