Polish Labour Party (Sierpień 80)

The Polish Party of Labour - PPP (Polish: Polska Partia Pracy ) is a minor political party in Poland, which calls itself socialist.

It was launched on 11 November 2001 as the " Alternative Party of Labour " to life and received its current name in 2004, the party is connected to the Confederacy -. Free Trade Union " August 1980 ".

The party is against privatization of state enterprises and support, in the wake of post-communist reforms, higher government spending. She opposes Poland's integration into the EU. It supports enhanced cooperation with Poland's eastern neighbors, free education and health care, release ( state-funded ) contraception and abortion, recognizing same-sex marriages, the withdrawal of Poland's troops from Iraq, the end of conscription and the establishment of a professional army and the introduction of 35 - hour week. She turned against the so-called flat tax control and the death penalty. It advocates a retreat of the Polish state from the Concordat with the Catholic Church.

The candidate of the party for the 2005 presidential election, Daniel Podrzycki died on 24 September 2005 in a car accident, a day before the parliamentary elections. In the 2005 election, the party received 0.77 % of votes. Also in the 2007 elections did not succeed the party in the Sejm collect, since the PPP with 1.0 % of the vote failed at the 5- percent clause.