Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union

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Komitet Wyborczy Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy (Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union) was the electoral committee and a coalition of two Polish political parties: Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej and Unia Pracy in the 2001 parliamentary elections and the 2004 elections to the European Parliament.

During the 2001-2005 term, it had members in 4 political caucuses in Polish Parliament

• Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej
• Unia Pracy
• Socjaldemokracja Polska
• Partia Ludowo-Demokratyczna

In the 2005 parliamentary elections Socjaldemokracja Polska, Unia Pracy and Zieloni 2004 (Greens) formed their own committee and most of the PLD members joined Samoobrona.

Members of European Parliament

• Adam Gierek, politician, son of Edward Gierek, communist dictator of Poland in 1970s
• Lidia Geringer d'Oedenberg, economist and journalist
• Bogusław Liberadzki, economist, ex-minister of transport
• Marek Siwiec, journalist, politician, president's advisor
• Andrzej Szejna, economist, politicianpl:Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy