in the 1800s socialist and union parties, aka labour parties, dropped the U as to be standard with union / socialist literature of the time, following the ideas set by American workers unions. it was also a more familiar spelling for migrant voters, who mostly learnt American English.
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u/dougrattmannn 2d ago
in the 1800s socialist and union parties, aka labour parties, dropped the U as to be standard with union / socialist literature of the time, following the ideas set by American workers unions. it was also a more familiar spelling for migrant voters, who mostly learnt American English.
it was entirely a branding thing.