Regional Confederation of Mexican Workers
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The Confederación Regional Obrera Mexicana (CROM) is a federation of labor unions in Mexico. It was founded in May 1916 following a congress of labor delegates called by Mexican President Venustiano Carranza. From its inception, the CROM was controlled by a small group of union leaders who supported the post-revolutionary government. Radical opponents of the CROM formed their own federation, the Confederación General de Trabajadores (CGT), in 1921.
Besides supporting President Carranza, the CROM was a key base of support for two of his successors, Álvaro Obregón and Plutarco Elías Calles. The political vehicle of the federation was the Partido Laboral. However, Calles' successor, Emilio Portes Gil, began removing CROM officials from government positions. Vicente Lombardo Toledano, a dissident in the CROM, organized a faction called "Purified CROM" that left the federation in 1932. The Purified CROM became the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM) in 1936, allying with the populist President Lázaro Cárdenas and the ruling Party of the Mexican Revolution. In the following years, the CTM eclipsed the CROM.
The CROM continues to exist, but it is only the third largest labor federation in Mexico.
[edit] Further reading
- Raúl Trejo Delarbe, "The Mexican Labor Movement: 1917-1975," Latin American Perspectives, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Winter 1976), 133-153.
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