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304: 36: 289: 419: 323:. Under Obregón, the labor movement was co-opted as its leaders were appointed to posts within the government. By the end of Obregón's term, labor had abandoned its goal of destroying capital in favor of establishing a balance between capital and labor that would benefit workers. Labor leaders defended the government's right, established in Article 123 of the 259:, whose power was at its height between 1918 and 1928. CROM was an umbrella organization for both industrial workers as well as agricultural workers and peasants. Industrial unions of railway workers, petroleum workers, and textile workers were strong enough on their own that they could function without CROM's support. 354:. The CROM essentially monopolized union membership, claiming over one million workers and five hundred organized peasants among its members. In reality, there were only about twenty thousand dues-paying members. Calles wielded influence over the CROM through Morones, whom he appointed the 336:(CGT), in 1921. The result of the split was disorientation within the movement, and workers became disillusioned with both the CROM and the CGT. Nonetheless, workers won some rights but gradually and threatening neither the revolutionary government nor the growth of capitalism. 384:, a dissident in the CROM, organized a faction called "Purified CROM" that left the federation in 1932, leaving the CROM to represent only a few unions in the textile industry. The Purified CROM became the 53: 528: 347:
declared membership in the CROM a mortal sin. That proclamation failed to deter Mexicans from joining the federation or participating in its street demonstrations.
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illegal. The CROM's leadership had become so corrupt that it had lost its influence with the rank and file and was thus unable to organize action in its favor.
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interpretation of the revolution. He broke the CROM's power by ordering the federal arbitrating bureaucracies to declare all CROM
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La clase obrera en la historia de México: En el internato de Adolfo de la Huerta y el gobierno de Alvaro Obregón (1920-1924)
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By 1928, however, Calles had become distrustful of Morones, who had presidential ambitions. He was also wary of labor's
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After supporting Carranza, who was overthrown in 1920, the CROM was a key base of support for two of his successors,
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Radical elements of the labor movement, horrified by the cooption, formed their own federation, the
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The CROM continues to exist, and is the third largest labor federation in Mexico, supporting the
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Under Calles, the government gained even greater control over the CROM by its grip over
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From its inception, the CROM was controlled by a small group of union leaders,
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Aguilar García, Javier, "Confederación Regional Obrera Mexicana (CROM)" en
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Trejo Delarbe, Raúl. "The Mexican Labor Movement: 1917-1975,"
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was a major leader, marked a departure from the traditionally-
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Los sindicatos y la política en México: La CROM (1918-1928)
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Agrupaciones y burocracias sindicales en México 1906/1938
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El movimiento obrero y la política en México, 1910-1929
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La CROM y la CSUM en la industria textil (1928-1932)
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