[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.

Then Philippine President Fidel Ramos was forced to lower the prices of oil by an average of one peso per liter.

[4] In 1995, together with at least 80,000 people, BMP campaigned against the creation of the Expanded Value Added Tax (E-VAT) during President Ramos' State of the Nation Address (SONA).

BMP leader Renato Magtubo, President of the Fortune Tobacco Labor Union, occupied the seat for Sanlakas.

But instead of calling for the ouster of Estrada, BMP joined Sanlakas in their demand for all elected officials to resign and pave the way for the overhaul of the country's political system.