The Party of Labour of Catalonia ( ca, Partit del Treball de Catalunya) was a

communist party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

, Spain. PTC was formed in 1979 following a split from the Party of Labour of Spain (PTE). The leader of PTC was Joan Sánchez Carreté. PTC soon merged with the

Marxist Unification Movement Marxist Unification Movement (in Catalan: ''Moviment d'Unificació Marxista'') was a political group in Catalonia, Spain. MUM was founded in 1977, during the Spanish transition to democracy, by a group that had left the Socialist Party of National ...

(MUM) and formed the

Catalan Workers Bloc Catalan Workers Bloc ( ca, Bloc Català dels Treballadors) was a political party in Catalonia, Spain. Formed in 1978 through the merger of the Party of Labour of Catalonia (PTC) and the Marxist Unification Movement (MUM). BCT participated in the ...

(BCT). The group that remained in PTE also called itself PTC, and contested the 1979 parliamentary elections as "''Partit del Treball de Catalunya (Federación del Partido del Trabajo de España)''". In the

1980 Catalan regional election The 1980 Catalan regional election was held on Thursday, 20 March 1980, to elect the 1st Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election. This was the first regional election to be held in C ...

the party supported and participated in the electoral candidacy

Unity for Socialism Unity for Socialism ( ca, Unitat pel Socialisme) was an electoral coalition in Catalonia, Spain, contesting the 1980 Catalan parliament election. The coalition represented the main groups of the non-parliamentary left in Catalonia at the time. It w ...

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