Labor Party (United States, 1996)

This article is about now defunct Labor Party formed in the United States in 1996. For other Labor parties, see Labor Party (disambiguation). For a list of workers parties, see Workers' Party (disambiguation).
Labor Party
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Dissolved2007; 17 years ago (2007)
Succeeded bySouth Carolina Workers Party
Ideology
Political positionCenter-left to left-wing
Website
thelaborparty.org

The Labor Party (LP) was a social democratic political party in the United States. LP formed at a national convention of unions and labor activists in 1996. The LP collapsed after its founder, Tony Mazzocchi, died in 2002. The party became defunct in 2007, except for the branch in South Carolina, which became the South Carolina Workers Party.