QUICK FACTS

Leader Stephenson KING Founded 1964 House of Representatives seats - 2006 11 Party Colour Yellow Party Symbol Flaming torch

RESOURCES

2011 Manifesto 2006 Manifesto 2011 Candidates Official Web Site UWP on YouTube UWP on Facebook UWP on Twitter

CONTACT INFORMATION

General Secretary United Workers Party Headquarters P.O. Box 1550 Castries, St. Lucia Phone: (758) 451-9103 / 458-6201 Fax: (758) 451-9207

BRIEF HISTORY

The United Workers Party was founded in 1964 by Sir John Compton.  It was the governing party in St. Lucia from 1964 to 1979 and again from 1982 to 1997.  Its 2006 manifesto pointed to the growing threat of crime and the challenge of economic development, proposing to reduce the national debt, partly by establishing a new division in the Ministry of Finance tasked with that end and partly by establishing a Development Bank and other initiatives aimed at developing small business.  It pledged a renewed commitment to agriculture, which it claimed had been ignored by government strategies focused on service industries.  It also promised to uncover and end corruption and the misuse of public funds.  Its 2006 slogans, “A Secure Future” and “Papa is Back”, emphasized the party's traditional and familiar qualities and its venerable leader.