Stronnictwo Pracy ''( en, Labour Party)'' was a Polish Christian democratic

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, active from 1937 in the

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and later part of the Polish government in exile. Its founders and main activists were

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and

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. The party continued its operations as part of the Polish Underground State during

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(when it was code-named ''Romb''). Two politicians of the party served as heads of the

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, the civilian representatives of the Polish Underground State within occupied Poland,

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(1940–1942) and

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(1943–1945). The party was disbanded in 1946, with the rise of the

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. Some of its members remained active in the underground until the 1950s, while others joined the

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(''Stronnictwo Demokratyczne''), an officially sanctioned "opposition" party in communist Poland, also described as a "satellite" party of the communist

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(PZPR). In 1989, after the

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, an attempt was made to revive the party under the name

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. The party should be distinguished from the Labour Party (Partia Pracy) of the same period.Eva Plach ''The clash of moral nations: cultural politics in Piłsudski's Poland, 1926-1935'' (9780821416952): - Footnote Page 205/206 2006 "Party of Work (Partia Pracy) (which had evolved from left-wing peasant party PSL-Liberation) to form the Union of Labour in Town and Village (Zjednoczenie Pracy Wsi i Miast) in June 1928. The Union of Labour in turn formed a core block within the BBWR .."

Election results

Sejm

References

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Election results

Sejm

See also

References