Security Workers at OpenAI and Anthropic Authorize Strike Over Stalled Contract Negotiations

NewsData.io · United States · Sep 3, 2026

Unionized security workers represented by SEIU-United Service Workers West, who are contracted through Allied Universal and Securitas to guard AI firms including OpenAI, Anthropic, Salesforce, and Google, have voted to authorize a strike after 19 bargaining sessions failed to produce meaningful wage increases. The union is pushing for a $30 minimum wage floor and expanded benefits, while Allied Universal has reportedly offered only a 25-cent hourly raise in 2027 with no increases for the prior three years. The standoff highlights the growing reliance of AI companies on contracted security labor and the leverage that ancillary service workers can exert over tech sector clients — a dynamic relevant to staffing firms managing security and facilities contracts.