Unified Worker's Party (Korolia)

The Unified Worker's Party (Korolian: Zjedna Strana Robotniča (ZSR)), former known as the Socialist Labour Party, is the sole major Leftist party in the Csardom of Korolia. It was formed out of the solidification of the United Front, a political alliance between the Socialist Labour Party and the National Agrarian Party, which led to the establishment of a single, big tent leftist party as a result of the slow downfall of the Leftist vote in Korolia.

The party is an alliance of Trade Unionists, the lower middle class, industrial workers, and agricultural workers. It is also one of the rare parties on Eldham that adheres to a policy of Armed Neutrality, identified in the Party as "Armed Pacifism". It is currently led by Matej Kolar alongside the Five-Member Central Committee.

History
In the early 1070s ACA, the Alliance of Social Democrats witnessed a surge of membership with young politicians, to the point party leader Tim Lucid and the party convention chose the young Skott Zaragulov to serve as the ASD's representative in the Sejm following the elections of 1073. Skott led many of the Left-wing of Korolian politics into the party, together with his brother Aleksandr Zaragulov and Trade Unionist Matej Kolar.

Aleksandr Zaragulov and Kolar headed the Democratic Socialist wing of the ASD while Skott headed the Liberal Socialist wing, and they sided with Tim Lucid against Skott when the party debated on the issue of unification with Svalmarc (Skott opposing it). After Skott's death the left wing of the ASD was taken over by Matej Kolar, and it remained mostly cooperative until the formation of the Korolian Republic, when the vast majority of them had left the party and pursued retirement. After the collapse of the Republic, the end of the interim Government that followed it, and the restoration of the Csardom of Korolia, the left was under represented. The Left-wing vote was split between the extremist National Agrarian Party and the Centrist-Liberal Centre Union, and at first this was expected to stay. But, a year into the Centre Union's government, Aleksandr Zaragulov was approached by disgruntled members of the Centre Union's left wing asking him if he's willing to lead the establishment of a new Party to represent the moderate/liberal left. It took a few months of convincing, but in the end it happened. Aleksandr Zaragulov, alongside a dozen former members of the ASD and CU, established the Socialist Labour Party in early 1094, and the party slowly but steadily gained popularity in Korolia until it became the leading party in Malastravna, and a contender in Rudina and Zlatoport by 1095.

Since its founding it was associated with the League of Korolian Patriots and the National Agrarian Party because of their many joint statements. But in early 1096 the Central Committee voted to officially separate the SLP from association with the NAP due to its authoritarian/extreme leaning, while still favouring cooperation with the LKP. This divide was mended in 1098, when the new leadership of the NAP saw the party shift back to being more liberal, and both parties were able to successfully negotiate for the creation of a United Electoral Front ahead of the elections of 1099.

Against expectations, the United Front ended up winning only a single seat following the elections. After rounds of private negotiations: the Front's leadership decided to name Aleksandr Zaragulov as their Sejm member until the cabinet was appointed and the Pjervod elected. Although the SLP had made agreements with the LKP leadership for an alliance, none of them were truly official, and the representatives from the National Agrarian Party voted against an alliance with the LKP due to the presence of Aron Deitsch Jr. Because of this, the SLP delayed the Pjervodal elections by days as the LKP candidate Bam and Independent (later having joined the SLP) candidate & former-Pjervod Icy Zerkalo negotiated for the SLP to join their side. In the end, neither sides were taken, and the SLP abstained while favouring a Government run by the dark horse candidate: Mateus Kovarik of the KNRP. Ever since the election of Kovarik, the SLP has become a major player in the Sejm, leading the debates on Constitutional reforms (which have caused friction between the SLP and KNRP).

After the return of former Pjervod Tim Lucid to the political scene, in a speech held in front of the Sejm declaring the need for a unique blend of Environmentalism, Dictatorial Republicanism, and Welfarism which has been nicknamed "Lucidist Republicanism", several members of the SLP declared their support for the new ideology, marking a shift to the extreme in the Party.

In 1101, following the collapse of the National Agrarian Party's leadership, the Central Committee of the SLP voted in favour of beginning talks to fully unite the United Front in hopes of using such a merger to at least momentarily boost the Left. The NAP ended up giving in very easily, and the two parties fully merged to form the Unified Worker's Party, a big-tent of the Left. Upon the Party's formation, Aleksandr Zaragulov resigned and gave way for Matej Kolar to be elected Chair of the new Party.

New Democracy Plan | Domestic Policy
With its formation the Socialist Labour Party revealed its "New Democracy Plan", which has thus been adopted by the Unified Worker's Party, which seeks to implement many democratic and constitutional reforms inspired by the system of democracy in the USSE. The NDP's plans tackle issues such as the formatting of the constitution, implementation of direct democracy, etc...

Radical Democracy
The NDP proposes to introduce many reforms inspired by direct democracy, which the UWP calls "True Democracy". Such reforms include giving the people the right to recall all elected politicians through a public referendum, the right to impeach all politicians also through impeachment and then the intervention of the Judiciary, the right to start petitions and, once they reach 5 signatures, let them go straight to a national referendum, which will require at least 60% of the population to vote in favour of to pass. The people overseeing the referendums will be the Minister of Justice and the Csar. Before any of these are introduced, the UWP wishes to change the formatting of the Constitution to have better cataloging in order to make it more easy to change specific sections of it.

The former SLP was also one of the parties that supported the direct elections of the Pjervod. The UWP supports having the Deputy Pjervod serve as some kind of speaker of the Sejm, but also supports having a "Chairman of the Sejm" to fulfill that role as stated in a joint statement by the former LKP, NAP, and SLP. Together with this it supports the banning of Cabinet members from concurrently serving in the Sejm.

The Sejm will also be given the right to impeach the Pjervod, Cabinet members, and Senators, to call a vote of no confidence against the Executive, and to choose to hold a vote of dissolution that will require a 2-vote majority to succeed.

New Ministries
The Unified Worker's Party believes that the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Finance as they are in Korolia are useless on their own due to them both dealing in financial and economic interests, thus it proposed to merge the two to form the "Ministry of Economy" to also centralize the economy and supposedly give the Ministers "more of a job to do". In place of the Interior Ministry it proposes to establish a "Ministry of Culture" to handle the holding of cultural events, holidays, expansion of the Korolian language, and literally anything related to the lore of Korolia.

Great Korolian Industrial Renewal | Economic Policy
With the creation of a Ministry of Economy to centralize Korolia's Economy, the Unified Worker's Party advocates for mass industrialization of cities and towns of Korolia. But, influenced by a small environmentalist faction in the party, it seeks to also introduce building regulations to ensure construction in the cities takes up the least amount of space possible in order to protect the environment and "beauty of Korolia".

Having been founded by Trade Unions, the Unified Worker's Party is a major advocate for the rights of Unions in Korolia. One of the main points of the UWP's Economic Policy is to establish a Government-sponsored national trade federation for all workers in Korolia, to ensure there is a body to fight for their interests. The UWP wishes to make strikes officially legal, being inspired by the influential strikes that are still remembered in the history of the USSE, such as the New Gehennazar Strike and Vostroyan Workers Strike.

As a Welfarist Party, the UWP favours strengthening the recently established Royal Healthcare Service and to create a Public Healthcare System to make Korolia's healthcare & education the highest quality in the world, and generally supports introducing unemployment benefits, better pensions, and paid maternal leave in Korolia.

Shining City on a Hill | Foreign Policy
The Unified Worker's Party never went into much detail on its foreign policy, it kept it simple. The UWP wishes to strengthen the armed forces greatly, and to turn the Korolian Military into a powerful army of defense in order to make Korolia a fortress. It shall remain a fortress in the UWP's eyes, as the Party advocates for neutrality on global affairs alongside a generally cooperative foreign policy with all nations, wishing to sign economically beneficial deals and non aggression pacts with Korolia's powerful neighbours.

Organization
Although it can be seen as contradictory for a big-tent party such as it, the Unified Worker's Party follows the system of Democratic Centralism, whereby the party membership supports upholding certain policies, and once it does so no one in the party can go against the Party Line. At the same time, the Party has organized factions inside it that still have the full freedom of expression, including expressing opposition to a certain part of The Line, and thus can organize a vote to change it. According an interview with Chair Zaragulov; "The policy of Democratic Centralism, while it can be seen as extreme, is important in keeping the party united."

The leadership of the party is split into two: there is the Party Chair and the Central Committee. The Chair is elected directly by the membership, requiring a mere plurality to win, and they serve as the the main icon of the Party and the first among equals in the leadership. The Chair has the right to dismiss members of the Central Committee and expel people from the party. The Central Committee is also elected directly by the membership and is made up of 5 members. The Central Committee has the right to veto Party Lines proposed by the membership, to investigate and expel members for going against the Party Line, and to serve as a dedicated policy-deciding body in the party.

The elections of the Chair and the Central Committee both occurr during the Party Convention, scheduled to be a year before each General Election, where the entirety of the party meets to also vote on issues such as the Party Line, and to generally discuss the political situation and course the party should take.

Notable Members of the UWP

 * Aleksandr Zaragulov, former ASD member, political theorist, former Chair of the SLP, and one of the founders of the party. Resides in Zlatoport, belongs to the Party's Left.
 * Matej Kolar, former ASD member, Trade Unionist, among founders of the party and now leader of the Unified Worker's Party. A Kumjeyr Socialist, belongs to the Party's Left.
 * Aleksandra Tomasevska, former CU member, among founders of the party. Leader of the Rudina Labour Party, belongs to the Party's Centre.
 * Zofia Mikuś, former ASD member, among founders of the party. Leader of the Party in Malastravna, belongs to the Party's Centre.
 * David Kozár, Central Committee member & leader of the Socialist Labour Youth. A Kumjeyr Socialist, belongs to the party's left.
 * Nikola Soukupová, Central Committee member & leader of the Women's Socialist Labour, former ASD member. A Democratic Socialist, belongs to the party's left.
 * Adriana Bezoušková, Central Committee member, former CU member. A Social Democrat, belongs to the party's centre.