Social Labour Party Partido Social Trabalhista | |
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| Abbreviation | PST |
| Founded | 1983 (refounded in 1994) |
| Registered | 12 June 1990 28 August 1996 |
| Dissolved | 1 April 2003 |
| Merged into | Progressive Party (1993) Liberal Party (2003) |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Electoral number | 52 (1990–1993) 18 (1994–2003) |
The Social Labour Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Trabalhista, PST) was a Brazilian political party. Founded in 1983, with the publication of its manifesto and statute, it received permanent registration in 1990 and, three years later, merged with the Renewal Labour Party (PTR), creating the Progressive Party. The party was recreated in 1994 and contested every election from then until 2003, the year in which it was merged into the Liberal Party.
According to one of its leaders, Dalmo Honaiser, the PST was a centre-right party based on the alliance between medium and small entrepreneurs, liberal professionals and workers. The party's manifesto included support for medium and small businesses, the strengthening of democratic institutions and the progressive taxation of unproductive land as a means of carrying out agrarian reform.[1]