The People's Crusade Labour Party (; , PLKP), sometimes referred to as simply Laboral, was a

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founded in 1997. It was known as the party of the labour unions. By obtaining 1019 registrations of support, the party qualified (a minimum of 743 was required) for participation in the Curaçao General Election of 2012 on 19 October in a combined list with the Democratic Party (DP), named ''Partido Democrat Laboral'' (Democratic Labour Party). The group obtained 1.2% of the votes which was insufficient for a seat.

Netherlands Antilles

The party was founded as the labour unions wanted to have a say in politics of Curaçao. At the

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, 18 January 2002, the party won 12.1% of the popular vote of Curaçao and 2 out of 22 seats in the

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. At the

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of 27 January 2006, the party lost parliamentary representation in the Netherlands Antilles.

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