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Artificial intelligence poses a unique threat to labor rights by potentially making human workers entirely unnecessary, unlike previous industrial shifts. This could fundamentally dismantle the bargaining power that workers have historically relied upon. The erosion of this power, which has been ongoing for decades, is now accelerated by AI's capability to automate tasks beyond simple relocation or cost reduction. AI
IMPACT AI's potential to automate jobs entirely could dismantle the foundation of labor rights and worker bargaining power.