Workers' General Party

{{Infobox political party

| name = Workers' General Party

| native_name = Partido Geral dos Trabalhadores

| native_name_lang = pt

| logo = Partido PGT logo.png

| colorcode = {{party color|Workers' General Party}}

| abbreviation = PGT

| president = Francisco Canindé Pegado

| founded = {{start date|1993|05}}{{cite news |title=Candidato de si mesmo: sindicalista se lança antes de fundar partido |url=http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/030015_11/112363 |access-date=November 12, 2023 |work=Jornal do Brasil |issue=49 |date=May 27, 1993 |location=Rio de Janeiro |page=9 |language=pt}}

| registered = {{start date|1995|12|29}}

| dissolved = {{end date|2003|04|01}}

| merged = Liberal Party

| country = Brazil

| blank1 = 30

| blank1_title = Party number

}}

The Workers' General Party (Portuguese: Partido Geral dos Trabalhadores, PGT) was a minor political party in Brazil, established in 1993 and registered in 1995. It was presided by trade unionist Francisco Canindé Pegado, who had left the leadership of the General Confederation of Workers to found it.{{cite news |last1=Souza |first1=Cláudia de |title=Informe econômico |url=http://memoria.bn.br/docreader/030015_11/152684 |access-date=November 12, 2023 |work=Jornal do Brasil |issue=211 |date=November 5, 1994 |location=Rio de Janeiro |page=28 |language=pt}}

The party's best results were achieved in the 2002 general elections, when it supported Anthony Garotinho's candidacy for president and had three of its candidates elected as state deputies.{{cite book |title=Relatório das eleições 2002 |date=2003 |publisher=Superior Electoral Court |location=Brasília |url=https://www.justicaeleitoral.jus.br/++theme++justica_eleitoral/pdfjs/web/viewer.html?file=https://www.justicaeleitoral.jus.br/arquivos/tse-relarorio-resultado-eleicoes-2002/@@download/file/TSE-relatorio-resultado-elei%C3%A7%C3%B5es-2002.pdf |access-date=26 March 2024 |language=pt}}

In 2003, the party was incorporated by the Liberal Party, together with the Social Labour Party,{{cite web |title=Nomenclatura de partidos políticos do Brasil |url=https://www.tse.jus.br/servicos-eleitorais/glossario/termos/partido-politico |website=Superior Electoral Court |access-date=November 12, 2023 |language=pt}} in order to surpass an electoral threshold that would be introduced in 2007.{{cite web |title=PL se funde com PST e PGT e garante tempo na TV |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/brasil/ult96u45888.shtml |website=Folha de S.Paulo |access-date=November 12, 2023 |language=pt |date=February 11, 2003}}