Solidarity of Filipino Workers | |
Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino | |
Abbreviation | BMP |
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Founded | September 2, 1993 |
Founder | Filemon Lagman[1] |
Headquarters | Quezon City, Philippines |
Location | |
Chairman | Leody de Guzman |
Key people | Luke Espiritu (president) |
Website | http://bukluranngmanggagawangpilipino.blogspot.com/ |
The Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino or Solidarity of Filipino Workers (BMP) is a socialist political center of militant workers and trade unions in the Philippines. It comprises 200 local unions nationwide with a mass membership of over 100,000 laborers.[2]
Established on 2 September 1993 as the Bukluran ng Manggagawa para sa Pagbabago (Solidarity of Workers for Change),[3] it was formed as a result of the great left divide in the Philippines, which also affected the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), about 70 percent[citation needed] of KMU-NCR's membership left the organization to form BMP as a counterpose to its sectarian politics that failed to unite Filipino workers and advance the Philippine labor movement.[2]