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The '''Workers' Party''', known as ''Parti Travailleuer'' in [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]] and ''Partei der Arbeiter'' in [[East Gothic language|Gothic]] is a {{wpl|communist}} {{wpl|political party}} in [[Yonderre]]. The party was founded in 1918 by members from the [[Social Democrats (Yonderre)|Social Democrats]], breaking away to pursue a more hardline form of socialism. Formed chiefly by workers in [[Toubourg]], the party grew steadily in popularity, being first represented in [[Yonderian Parliament]] in 1928. The party grew in strength throughout the [[Second Great War]] years until peaking in the 1960s. Unpopular leadership and radical changes to party line led to a steady decline in popularity through the 1970s and 80s until a faction broke off and formed the [[Red-Greens (Yonderre)|Red-Greens]] in 1985, taking with them more than a third of the WP's members.

The Workers' Party bases their politics around ''{{wpl|Stalinism|Stahlism}}'', from the Gothic ''Stahl'' meaning "steel". It runs for the [[Yonderian Parliament]] on promises of equality, wide-scale nationalisation of businesses and services and the building of communist society with the state as the only tool. Initially preaching violent revolution and the abolishment of the [[Grand Duke of Yonderre|Grand Duke]] and the [[Catholic Church]] all together, the party has gradually sought a softer line as this position became mostly untenable in [[Yonderian politics]]. Although its electoral support has declined in recent decades, the WP retains an influence in [[Yonderre|Yonderian]] politics, especially at the local level.

[[Category:Yonderian politics]]