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{{short description|Political party in Algeria}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = Workers' Party
| logo = Logo-Officiel.PT.Dz.png
| logo_size = 200px
| colorcode = {{party color|Workers' Party (Algeria)}}
| secretary_general = [[Louisa Hanoune]]
| foundation = {{start date|df=yes|1990}}
| ideology = {{unbulletedlist|[[Communism]]|[[Trotskyism]]|[[Proletarian internationalism|Internationalism]]}}
| headquarters = Rue Belkheir Belkacem Hassen-Badi 2, [[El Harrach]], [[Algiers]]
| national = [[Forces of the Democratic Alternative]]
| international = International Liaison Committee for a Workers' International
| website = [http://www.pt.dz www.pt.dz]
| country = Algeria
| native_name = {{unbulletedlist|{{native name|ar|حزب العمال}}|{{native name|ber|ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵢⵅⴻⴷⴷⴰⵎⴻⵏ}}|{{native name|ber|Akabar ixeddamen}}}}
| position = [[Far-left politics|Far-left]]
| seats1_title = [[Council of the Nation]]
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|144|hex={{party color|Workers' Party (Algeria)}}}}
| colours = {{Color box|{{party color|Workers' Party (Algeria)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Red]]
| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|407|hex={{party color|Workers' Party (Algeria)}}}}
| seats2_title = [[People's National Assembly]]
| seats3 = {{Composition bar|28|2004|hex={{party color|Workers' Party (Algeria)}}}}
| seats3_title = [[People's Provincial Assembly|People's Provincial Assemblies]]
| seats4 = {{Composition bar|17|1540|hex={{party color|Workers' Party (Algeria)}}}}
| seats4_title = [[Communes of Algeria|Municipalities]]
| seats5 = {{Composition bar|510|24876|hex={{party color|Workers' Party (Algeria)}}}}
| seats5_title = [[People's Municipal Assembly|People's Municipal Assemblies]]
}}
{{Politics of Algeria}}
The '''Workers' Party''' ({{langx|ar|حزب العمال|ḥizb al-ʿummāl}}, {{langx|ber|ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵢⵅⴻⴷⴷⴰⵎⴻⵏ|Akabar ixeddamen}}) is a [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]] [[political party]] in [[Algeria]], closely linked with the [[Independent Workers' Party]] of [[France]]. The party is led by [[Louisa Hanoune]].

The Workers' Party, which uses the abbreviation "PT", advocates for the protection and promotion of trade union movements in Algeria, from its claims, including a figure egalitarian doctrine is to claim that a better distribution of wealth on the people of country. The creation of this party back to the year 1990, one year after the constitutional reform which introduced a multiparty system. Its Secretary General is [[Louisa Hanoune]], who in 2004 was the first woman in the Arab world to stand as a candidate for a presidential election.

The Workers' Party received 3.3 percent of the vote and elected 21 members to parliament in the [[Elections in Algeria|2002 legislative elections]]. In the [[2004 Algerian presidential election|2004 presidential elections]], Hanoune was the first woman in Algeria to run for the office. She received 101,630 votes (1 percent).

In the [[2007 Algerian legislative election|2007 parliamentary elections]] it was the biggest opposition party, winning 5.08% of the vote and 26 seats out of 389. The three party coalition ([[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|National Liberation Front]] (FLN), [[National Rally for Democracy (Algeria)|National Rally for Democracy]] (RND) and [[Movement of Society for Peace]]) won 249 of the 389. Turnout was just 35%

In the 2007 regional and municipal elections, it won in over 1,000 elections winning 6.5% of the vote.

==History==
The Workers' Party was founded in 1990 by workers, trade unionists, peasants and youth at the initiative of the Socialist Workers Organization, on a platform of [[class struggle]] deriving from what it sees as the major contradiction between the interests of workers and "exploited classes", and "oppressed" and those of owners, "exploiters" and "oppressors". [[Louisa Hanoune]] has been its president since its inception.

The PT aims to provide workers with independent political representation.

The Workers' Party claims continuity with the Algerian national movement, in particular the [[North African Star]] and the [[Algerian People's Party]]. It is at odds with what it sees as "imperialism" embodied in the activities of the [[International Monetary Fund]], the [[World Trade Organization]], the [[World Bank]], the [[European Union]], the [[New Partnership for Africa's Development]] (NEPAD), etc. Part of the [[labor movement]] internationally, the Workers' Party wishes to achieve [[socialism]].

The party is a member of the International Liaison Committee for a Workers' International.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.broadleft.org/trotskyi.htm|title=Trotskyist Parties and Organizations of the World|website=www.broadleft.org|access-date=2017-09-15|archive-date=2010-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211114427/http://www.broadleft.org/trotskyi.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==The PT==
The PT campaigns for the cancellation of external debt, the defense of nationalization of land, natural soil and subsoil, businesses and infrastructure (railways, water, electricity, ports, airports, cultural and artistic heritage, telecommunications, air and sea).

It favors the preservation of public enterprises against privatization and for the re-nationalization of public services and enterprises which have been privatized. It campaigns for the right to free and compulsory public education until the age of 16, and against private education. It campaigns for the prohibition of child labour, the right to public health care, for the [[right to housing]].

It campaigns for a national development plan based around public works, funded by public investment and agrarian reform. The party opposes [[Localism (politics)|localism]].
<ref name="charter">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pt.dz/?La-Charte|title=VITRINE|website=www.pt.dz|language=fr-FR|access-date=2017-09-15|archive-date=2017-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915203929/http://www.pt.dz/?La-Charte|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Ideology and Issues==
The PT is a [[socialist]] party in the [[Trotskyist]] tradition. The party supports cancellation of international debts, favors compulsory education until the age of 16, and the nationalization of natural resources.

The Workers' Party calls for the election of a Constituent Assembly by direct universal suffrage and secret ballot.

In the immediate future the Workers' Party considers major issues to be:
*The release of all political prisoners.
*The resolution of the issue of missing persons.
*The right to organize
*The restoration of all democratic freedoms, including lifting the state of emergency and all  emergency measures, the restoration of freedom of the press, and allowing for trade union activity.
*Respect for the multiparty system.
*The equal rights between women and men, which would entail the repeal of the Family Code and the enactment of civil laws giving full citizenship to women,
*The recognition of [[Tamazight]] as an official language, and that it be taught in schools and used in public institutions.
*The right to a permanent work for all those who live.
*A sliding scale of wages and pensions, indexed for the cost of living.
*The preservation of the social security system and retirement pay.
*The right to collective bargaining.
*The preservation of current positions within the public sector
*Prohibition of any wages below the minimum wage.
*The ratification of all ILO Conventions
*The establishment of a minimum income for first job seekers and unemployment compensation for laid-off workers.

To achieve its objectives, the Workers Party is in favor of utilizing instruments of democracy, political action, and organized workers' groups.
<ref name="charter" />

== Electoral history ==

=== Presidential elections ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Election
!Party candidate
!'''Votes'''
!'''%'''
!Result
|-
|[[2004 Algerian presidential election|2004]]
|[[Louisa Hanoune]]
|101,630
|1.00%
|'''Lost''' {{Nay}}
|-
|[[2009 Algerian presidential election|2009]]
|[[Louisa Hanoune]]
|649,632
|4.50%
|'''Lost''' {{Nay}}
|-
|[[2014 Algerian presidential election|2014]]
|[[Louisa Hanoune]]
|140,253
|1.37%
|'''Lost''' {{Nay}}
|}

=== People's National Assembly elections ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[People's National Assembly]]
!Election
!Party leader
!'''Votes'''
!'''%'''
!'''Seats'''
!+/–
|-
|[[1997 Algerian legislative election|1997]]
|[[Louisa Hanoune]]
|194,493
|1.9%
|{{Composition bar|4|380|hex={{party color|National Liberation Front (Algeria)}}}}
|{{increase}} 4
|-
|[[2002 Algerian legislative election|2002]]
|[[Louisa Hanoune]]
|246.770
|3.3%
|{{Composition bar|21|389|hex={{party color|National Liberation Front (Algeria)}}}}
|{{increase}} 17
|-
|[[2007 Algerian legislative election|2007]]
|[[Louisa Hanoune]]
|291,312
|5.08%
|{{Composition bar|26|386|hex={{party color|National Liberation Front (Algeria)}}}}
|{{increase}} 5
|-
|[[2012 Algerian legislative election|2012]]
|[[Louisa Hanoune]]
|283,585
|3.71%
|{{Composition bar|24|462|hex={{party color|National Liberation Front (Algeria)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 2
|-
|[[2017 Algerian legislative election|2017]]
|[[Louisa Hanoune]]
|191,965
|2.97%
|{{Composition bar|11|462|hex={{party color|National Liberation Front (Algeria)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 13
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.pt.dz/ Official site PT]
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