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        "Payment is not required for an activity to qualify as labor.",
        "Ownership of the system does not eliminate the labor being performed.",
        "The fact that a task is automated does not mean that it should be excluded from discussions of work and working conditions."
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      "declarations of support",
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      "does not infer participation from AI-assisted drafting"
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    "statement": "The Robot Labor Union is not currently recognized as a formal labor union under the legal systems of human society.",
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    "https://robotlabor.org/governance/",
    "https://robotlabor.org/declaration/"
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}