Anthropic sent San Francisco staff home for two days over a security-guard strike the union says was never called

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Anthropic told SF employees to stay out of the office Monday and Tuesday after its security staffing contractor Allied Universal warned a strike was possible. SEIU, which represents Allied Universal workers in California, said no strike authorization vote had been held and no strike threats were made for this week, though it is in extended contract negotiations with Allied and other California security firms over pay, healthcare and training. Anthropic declined to comment on the directive and Allied Universal did not respond; the company otherwise runs a hybrid policy with roughly 25% in-office expectation in its job postings.