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AI company security guards plan strike as threats mount
Bay Area tech workers could face office closures as guards walk out over wages amid rising violence against AI executives.
In brief
Bay Area tech workers could face office closures as guards walk out over wages amid rising violence against AI executives. Security guards at major AI companies are striking over low wages just as threats against tech executives escalate, potentially forcing office closures. Originally reported by California Post.
Security guards plan Friday strike
Officers at Anthropic, Microsoft, OpenAI, Google and Amazon will strike over wages. The walkout could force some tech offices to close.
Union rejects 65 cent raise
SEIU says security companies offered just 65 cents over two years. The union represents 14,000 California security officers.
“After months of bargaining, several multi-billion dollar security companies like Allied Universal, Securitas, GardaWorld, Prosegur, and Inter-Con, offered workers a mere 65 cent raise”
Guards protest wealth gap
Security workers rallied in San Francisco over the divide between their poverty wages and the tech executives they protect.
“Protect the rich, while we get poor? Hell no, we won't take it no more”
Anthropic prepares for remote work
The AI company warned employees last month to prepare for working from home if the strike happens. Negotiations continue this week.
Intruder delivered death threat
A man slipped into Anthropic's headquarters in April with an envelope, warning a top executive was "going to be killed."
Sam Altman's home targeted twice
OpenAI's CEO faced an attempted firebombing at his San Francisco mansion, then a drive-by shooting days later.
AI backlash fuels security concerns
Public opinion has turned against AI companies as the technology gets blamed for widespread layoffs.
What matters most
Security guards at major AI companies are striking over low wages just as threats against tech executives escalate, potentially forcing office closures.
