[3] It has its headquarters in Dili on Rua de Bé Fonte in Bairo Formosa (Gricenfor).

[4][5] Freitas da Silva wrote to the then Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam asking for troops to help keep peace in the country.

[7][8] Like the other members of the CNRT, Trabalhista rejected Indonesia's offer of autonomy and called for a referendum.

[3] Already under the administration of UNTAET, Trabalhista criticized authoritarian tendencies and lack of transparency from the CNRT's leading politicians, Xanana Gusmão and José Ramos-Horta.

[3] In the parliamentary elections on August 30, 2001, the party received 0.56% of the vote and thus none of the 88 seats in East Timor's parliament.

[11] In the 2012 parliamentary elections, Trabalhista and Klibur Oan Timor Asuwain (KOTA) formed a joint electoral list named Aliança Democrática.

[3] Paulo Freitas da Silva was originally the party leader and one of the founders of Trabalhista.

[13] On January 11, 2012, Angela Freitas announced her candidacy in the 2012 presidential elections in East Timor.

[16] The party advocates a democratic socialization of industry, the markets, commodity production, and property distribution to the extent necessary to end exploitation and other antisocial activities.

[17] All members of society should be able to share in political and economic power and control the institutions of the state.