Swiss Party of Labour

{{Short description|Swiss political party}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox political party | name = Swiss Party of Labour | native_name = {{ublist | {{native name|de|Partei der Arbeit der Schweiz|italics=no}} | {{native name|fr|Parti Suisse du Travail–Parti Ouvrier et Populaire|italics=no}} | {{native name|it|Partito Svizzero del Lavoro–Partito Operaio e Popolare|italics=no}} | {{native name|rm|Partida Svizra da la Lavur|italics=no}} }} | logo_size = 125 | colorcode = {{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}} | logo = Logo of the Swiss Party of Labour.svg | president = Norberto Crivelli | foundation = 14 October 1944 | headquarters = Turmweg 24 3013, Bern | youth_wing = Communist Youth Switzerland<ref name=youth1>{{cite web |url=http://kommunistischejugend.ch/kommunistische-jugend/statuten-2/ |title=Statute of the Communist Youth Switzerland |language=de |publisher=KJS |date=2021-10-23}} </ref> | predecessor = Communist Party of Switzerland<br />Swiss Socialist Federation | ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap| |Communism{{refn|<ref name="CH">{{cite web|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/switzerland.html|title=Switzerland|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|first=Wolfram|last=Nordsieck|year=2019|access-date=9 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ares |first1=Macarena |last2=van Ditmars |first2=Mathilde M. |title=Intergenerational Social Mobility, Political Socialization and Support for the Left under Post-industrial Realignment |journal=British Journal of Political Science |date=April 2023 |volume=53 |issue=2 |pages=536–554 |doi=10.1017/S0007123422000230|doi-access=free |hdl=2445/197685 |hdl-access=free}}</ref>}} |Socialism{{refn|<ref name="CH"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Political parties in Switzerland |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/political-parties-in-switzerland/29288918 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch |language=en |date=22 October 2023}}</ref>}} }} | position = Left-wing{{refn|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://europeelects.eu/switzerland/|title=Switzerland}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wSjwRp2HFSYC&pg=PA11|title = La politique mise au Net|isbn = 9782847880953|last1 = Barbet|first1 = Denis|last2 = Bonhomme|first2 = Marc|year = 2006| publisher=ENS Editions }}</ref>}} to far-left{{refn|<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oax_AgAAQBAJ&q=Swiss+Party+of+Labour+far-left&pg=PA80|title=Switzerland and the European Union: A Close, Contradictory and Misunderstood Relationship|first=Clive H.|last=Church|date=24 January 2007|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134194360|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/weakened-communists-still-flying-the-red-flag/4146974|title=Weakened communists still flying the red flag|date=15 October 2004 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Meyer |first1=Alan |title=Centenary of communism in China means little to Europe's far left |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/centenary-of-communism-in-china-means-little-to-europe-s-far-left/46713092 |website=Swissinfo.ch |date=20 June 2021 |access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref>}} | membership_year = | membership = 1,000+<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pst-pop.ch/|title=PST-POP / Parti Suisse du Travail - Parti Ouvrier Populaire|website=PST-POP}}</ref> | international = | european = Party of the European Left | colours = {{Color box|{{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}|border=silver}} Red | seats1_title = National Council | seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|200|hex={{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}}} | seats2_title = Council of States | seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|46|hex={{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}}} | seats5_title = Cantonal legislatures | seats5 = {{Composition bar|13|2559|hex={{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}}} | website = {{ubl|{{URL|www.pst.ch}} (French)|{{URL|pda.ch}} (German)|{{URL|popti.ch}} (Italian)}} }}

The '''Swiss Party of Labour''' ({{langx|de|Partei der Arbeit der Schweiz}}; {{langx|fr|Parti Suisse du Travail – Parti Ouvrier et Populaire}}; {{langx|it|Partito Svizzero del Lavoro – Partito Operaio e Popolare}}; {{langx|rm|Partida svizra da la lavur}}) is a communist party<ref name="CH"/> in Switzerland.

==History== The party was founded in 1944 by the illegal Communist Party of Switzerland. On 21 May, the constituent conference of the Basel Federation of the party was held. On 14–15 October the same year, the first Party Congress of the party was held in Zürich, with Léon Nicole elected to the role of President and Karl Hofmaier to General Secretary. On 6–7 October 1945, the Second Congress was held in Geneva. By this time the party had 20 000 members. On 30 November to 1 December, the 3rd Congress was held in Zürich. On 27 July a Swiss Party Conference was held in Bern, in which Karl Hofmaier was removed from his position as a result of a financial scandal. In the national elections of 1947 the party received 5.1% of the vote. [[Image:Swiss Labour Party 2006 Bern Election Poster.jpg|thumb|left|Poster for the 2006 elections to the Grand Council of Bern.]] On 4–6 July 1949, the 4th Congress was held, during which steps to strengthen the organization as a Cadre Party were taken. As a result of this Congress, Edgar Woog was elected General Secretary. In 1950, the party worked intensively for the Stockholm Appeal, collecting 260 000 signatures from the Swiss population. From 31 May to 2 June 1952, the 5th Congress was held in Geneva. On 7 December, the Central Committee expelled Léon Nicole from the party. On 28–30 May, the 6th Congress was held in Geneva.

The 7th Congress was held in Geneva from 16–18 May 1959. A new party programme approved with the concept of antimonopolistic unity, termed the "Swiss Road to Socialism" (inspired by the similar programme of the Communist Party of Great Britain). The 8th Congress was held in Geneva from 16 to 18 May 1964. As of 2015, the party had no seats in the Swiss cantonal councils and was not represented in any of the 26 cantonal governments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.badac.ch/ |title=BADAC - Le comparatif en ligne des cantons et des villes suisses |website=Badac.ch |access-date=2016-01-25}}</ref>

thumb|200px|Logo of the party in Italian. The XXII Congress of the section of the Ticino, held on 10 November 2013, marked the unification of the {{Clarify span|organs partisan Ticino|Bad translation?|date=May 2024}} with those of the Italian Grisons, creating the Communist Party of Southern Switzerland, which has stopped the collaboration with the Swiss Party of Labour after 2014; it became the Communist Party, which is not active on a national level.

===2007 national elections=== Holding two seats in the Swiss National Council (the lower chamber of the Swiss parliament) going into the 2007 elections, the party stood candidates in the cantons of Zürich, Vaud, Geneva and Ticino on their own; in Neuchâtel the candidate appeared on a joint list with Solidarity. While the share of the vote in 2007 was similar to the party's 2003 results (0.7%), the party lost the seat held by Josef Zisyadis while retaining the seat held by Marianne Huguenin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politik-stat.ch/nrw2007CH_de.html |title=Nationalrat 2007 |website=Politik-stat.ch |access-date=2016-01-25}}</ref> However, on 1 November 2007 Huguenin announced her resignation from the National Council to focus on her position as mayor of Renens, Vaud, leaving Zisyadis to take the Party's seat in the National Council representing Vaud.<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.mariannehuguenin.ch/content/view/79/50/ |title= Site de Marianne Huguenin - Je dois faire un choix. Et j’ai choisi Renens}}</ref>

== Election results == === National Council ===

{| class=wikitable |- ! Election ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! +/– |- ! 1947 | 49,353 | 5.0 | {{Composition bar|7|194|hex={{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}}} | New |- ! 1951 | 25,659 | 2.7 | {{Composition bar|5|196|hex={{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}}} | {{decrease}} 2 |- ! 1955 | 25,060 | 2.6 | {{Composition bar|4|196|hex={{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}}} | {{decrease}} 1 |- ! 1959 | 26,346 | 2.7 | {{Composition bar|1|196|hex={{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}}} | {{decrease}} 3 |- ! 1963 | 21,088 | 2.2 | {{Composition bar|4|200|hex={{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}}} | {{increase}} 3 |- ! 1967 | 28,723 | 2.9 | {{Composition bar|5|200|hex={{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}}} | {{increase}} 1 |- ! 1971 | 51,341 | 2.6 | {{Composition bar|5|200|hex={{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}}} | {{steady}} 0 |- ! 1975 | 45,799 | 2.4 | {{Composition bar|4|200|hex={{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}}} | {{decrease}} 1 |- ! 1979 | 38,187 | 2.1 | {{Composition bar|3|200|hex={{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}}} | {{decrease}} 1 |- ! 1983 | 17,488 | 0.9 | {{Composition bar|1|200|hex={{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}}} | {{decrease}} 2 |- ! 1987 | 15,528 | 0.8 | {{Composition bar|1|200|hex={{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}}} | {{steady}} 0 |- ! 1991 | 15,871 | 0.8 | {{Composition bar|2|200|hex={{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}}} | {{increase}} 1 |- ! 1995 | 22,850 | 1.18 | {{Composition bar|3|200|hex={{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}}} | {{increase}} 1 |- ! 1999 | 18,569 | 1.0 | {{Composition bar|2|200|hex={{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}}} | {{decrease}} 1 |- ! 2003 | 14,595 | 0.68 | {{Composition bar|2|200|hex={{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}}} | {{steady}} 0 |- ! 2007 | 17,218 | 0.74 | {{Composition bar|1|200|hex={{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}}} | {{decrease}} 1 |- ! 2011 | 21,482 | 0.54 | {{Composition bar|0|200|hex={{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}}} | {{decrease}} 1 |- ! 2015 | 21,574 | 0.4 | {{Composition bar|1|200|hex={{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}}} | {{increase}} 1 |- ! 2019 | 25,427 | 0.6 | {{Composition bar|1|200|hex={{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}}} | {{steady}} 0 |- ! 2023 | 18,435 | 0.7 | {{Composition bar|0|200|hex={{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}}} | {{decrease}} 1 |}

=== Cantonal-level === {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !Canton !! 1971 !! 1975 !! 1979 !! 1983 !! 1987 !! 1991 !! 1995 !! 1999 !! 2003 !! 2007 !! 2011 !! 2015 !! 2019 |+PdA vote percentage, federal elections 1971–2019<ref>{{cite report |title=Nationalratswahlen: Kantonale Parteistärke (Kanton = 100%) |publisher=Swiss Federal Statistical Office |date=29 November 2019 |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/kataloge-datenbanken/tabellen.assetdetail.11048441.html | access-date=27 August 2020 }}</ref> |- !Switzerland || style="background: #F7B7B7"|2.6 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|2.4 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|2.1 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.9 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.8 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.8 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|1.2 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|1.0 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.7 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.7 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.5 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.4 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.6 |- !Zürich || style="background: #F7B7B7"|1.6 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|1.1 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|1.2 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.3 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.3 || style="background: #BFBFBF"|*{{ref|a|a}} || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.2 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.2 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.2 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.3 |- !Bern || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.6 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.3 || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.2 || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.3 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.5 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.6 |- !Fribourg || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.9 || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* |- !Solothurn || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #F7B7B7"|1.0 || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.3 || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* |- !Basel-Stadt || style="background: #E79A9A"|6.1 || style="background: #E79A9A"|4.6 || style="background: #E79A9A"|4.7 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|2.3 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|1.9 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|1.4 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|1.3 || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* |- !Basel-Landschaft || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #F7B7B7"|1.8 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|1.0 || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* |- !St. Gallen || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.4 || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* |- !Ticino || style="background: #F7B7B7"|2.8 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|3.6 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|2.7 || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #F7B7B7"|1.2 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.7 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|1.3 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|1.3 || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #F7B7B7"|1.3 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|1.2 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.5 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.8 |- !Vaud || style="background: #C76060"|12.2 || style="background: #D77D7D"|10.7 || style="background: #D77D7D"|9.3 || style="background: #E79A9A"|4.1 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|3.5 || style="background: #E79A9A"|4.2 || style="background: #D77D7D"|8.9 || style="background: #E79A9A"|7.8 || style="background: #E79A9A"|6.7 || style="background: #E79A9A"|4.7 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|2.1 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|2.9{{ref|b|b}} || style="background: #F7B7B7"|1.9 |- !Valais || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #F7B7B7"|0.9 || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* |- !Neuchâtel || style="background: #C76060"|13.7 || style="background: #D77D7D"|9.8 || style="background: #E79A9A"|7.7 || style="background: #E79A9A"|4.2 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|3.8 || style="background: #E79A9A"|5.2 || style="background: #E79A9A"|7.1 || style="background: #E79A9A"|6.9 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|3.0 || style="background: #D77D7D"|9.2 || style="background: #D77D7D"|10.4 || style="background: #C76060"|12.2 || style="background: #C76060"|12.1 |- !Genève || style="background: #A71616"|20.8 || style="background: #B74343"|18.0 || style="background: #B74343"|19.9 || style="background: #D77D7D"|9.5 || style="background: #D77D7D"|8.7 || style="background: #E79A9A"|7.8 || style="background: #D77D7D"|9.4 || style="background: #D77D7D"|8.7 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|2.7 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|1.9 || style="background: #F7B7B7"|1.3 || style="background: #E79A9A"|6.1{{ref|b|b}} || style="background: #F7B7B7"|1.2 |- !Jura || style="background: #BFBFBF"|{{ref|c|c}} || style="background: #BFBFBF"|{{ref|c|c}} || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* || style="background: #F7B7B7"|3.8 || style="background: #BFBFBF"|* |} :1.{{note|a|a}}* indicates that the party was not on the ballot in this canton. :2.{{note|b|b}}Combined result for PdA and Solidarity. :3.{{note|c|c}}Part of the Canton of Bern until 1979.

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==External links== *[https://www.historyofsocialsecurity.ch/stakeholders/political-parties/the-swiss-workers-party-partei-der-arbeit-pda/?L=3 The Swiss Workers Party] in [https://web.archive.org/web/20181119173352/https://www.historyofsocialsecurity.ch/home/ History of Social Security in Switzerland]

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