Anthropic asks San Francisco staff to work from home as security goes on strike

Anthropic asked employees at its San Francisco offices to work from home on Monday and Tuesday after security contractor Allied Universal warned of a possible strike by its guards. The SEIU, which represents those workers, says it has called no strike authorisation vote and issued no strike threat this week. The union

The AI company told workers to stay away from its offices Monday and Tuesday, but the union said it had not called a strike or issued any strike threats

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. Bloomberg/Getty Images Anthropic told employees in San Francisco to work remotely due to a potential strike from security staff. Anthropic receives security staffing services from Allied Universal. The security workers' union is in contract negotiations and says it hasn't voted to strike.