14,000 Bay Area Security Guards to Walk Out Friday
Update, Sept. 17: the walkout remains scheduled to begin after 4:30 a.m. ET Friday; this post will be updated as it unfolds. The people who stand between America's most valuable AI companies and the outside world are about to walk off the job. Security officers guarding Anthropic, Microsoft, OpenAI, Google and Amazon in the Bay Area plan to strike on Friday, in what would be one of the most disruptive labor actions ever to hit Silicon Valley's AI boom. SEIU-United Service Workers West, the union representing roughly 14,000 security officers across California, has submitted plans for a strike beginning after 4:30 a.m. on Friday, Business Insider reported — a story amplified by the New York Post on September 15. If it goes ahead, some of the most security-conscious companies on earth could be forced to close their doors and send employees home. Security officers with picket signs outside a tech office. SEIU-United Service Workers West represents about 14,000 security offic...