Kyotakavian United Syndicalist and Socialist Coalition (Kyotakavia)
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Kyotakavian United Syndicalist and Socialist Coalition Kyjorja Univaysa Syndika-socikanor Coalatzia | |
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Abbreviation | KUSSC |
General Secretary | Johaan Calstaunas |
Chair | Zofi Slatznayan |
Founded | April 16, 1883 |
Paramilitary wing | Union Guard |
Membership (1920) | 835,000 |
Ideology | State Syndicalism Democratic Socialism Kyotakavian Nationalism |
Political position | Left-wing |
Legislative Assembly | 128 / 535
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State Ministerial Council | 9 / 30
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State Presidency | 2 / 5
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The Kyotakavian United Syndicalist and Socialist Coalition is a political party in the Federal State of Kyotakavia that operates as a political alliance of various trade unions and Socialist Groups that exist in the nation. The party is described as left-wing, with it being the largest party in the Legislative Assembly since the last election in 1925 when current party leader, Johaan Calstaunas successfully led the party to large gains in the election.
History
Pre-formation
Early political years (1983-1890)
Coalition decline (1890-1910)
Brazdiv Recovery (1910-1916)
On the 18th January, 1905, the General Secretary of KUSSC Mikaic Sloban resigned his position in the wake of the disastrous 1910 Kyotakavian general election which had seen the party, for a second successive election, fail to regain seats which it had lost during the post-Coalition decline. Going with him was also the Chair, Azlan Kabowkic who resigned two days later on the 20th, leaving the party leaderless as the Assembly leader had already resigned on the 15th. An immediate emergency congress was called with the subsequent 1910 KUSSC leadership Election contested between five candidates, eventually was won by List Seat Representative Elannia Brazdiv. The position of Chair was also elected, with Ursula Tekov narrowly defeating Markov Ebrand on the third ballot.
Both Elannia and Ursula represented the moderate faction of the party and threatened the fragile alliance with breakup in the wake of successive defeats, however Elannia maintained her promise from the campaign to only serve out one term, herself being aged 67 at the time, and a series of internal reforms were implemented, including the reorganisation of the party's campaigning headquarters. The 1910 Congress also voted through a package of reforms (though only narrowly) which mandated that KUSSC Representatives perform at least 20 hours of constituency work per week on top of their legislative duties, as well as a party platform which backed Trade Union strike action against the Worker's Party, Tamzic cabinet.
Calstaunas Leadership (1916- )
Elannia Brazdiv announced her resignation as party leader two days after the 1915 Kyotakavian general election alongside Ursula Tekov as party Chair, keeping the promise made following the 1910 Leadership election with the resignation coming into effect on the 1st of January, 1916, giving the Party time to elect new Leadership. The 1915 KUSSC leadership election was contested by seven candidates.
Affiliation
Being a Syndicalist party, KUSSC has multiple trade unions, community led associations and party organisations affiliated to itself with each paying annual affiliation fees and receiving special voting privileges at the party conference. All trade unions affiliated to the Union and Workers Council are automatically affiliated to KUSSC as the Council is itself the central trade union affiliate to the party.
Trade Unions
Union and Workers Council
- United Union of Steelworkers and Mechanics (UUSM)
- Rally the Workers (Rally)
- Mineworker's Union of Kyotakavia (MUK)
- Kyotakavian Education Union (KEU)
- Teachers Organised Front (TOF)
- Solidarity Union (Solidarity)
- General Worker's Union (GWU)
Independent Unions
Organisations
Associations
Electoral performance
Kyotakavian-wide elections
Kyotakavian Legislative Assembly elections
Election | Leader | Seats | +/– | Votes | Vote | +/- | Result |
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1925 | Johaan Calstaunas | 128 / 535
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69 | 5,542,172 | 24.97% | 13.54 | Majority Coalition with Alliance and the NLP |
1920 | 59 / 535
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21 | 2,002,635 | 11.43% | 3.97 | Opposition | |
1915 | Elannia Brazdiv | 38 / 535
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23 | 1,148,385 | 7.46% | 3.92 | Opposition |
1910 | Kezlon Majak | 15 / 535
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0 | 569,502 | 3.54% | 0.14 | Opposition |
1905 | 15 / 535
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3 | 569,510 | 3.68% | ??? | Opposition |