TheConfederación General de Trabajadores (General Confederation of Workers, CGT) was a federation oflabor unions inMexico. It was founded in February 1921 byanarchists,syndicalists and others on thefar left who opposed the more moderate, pro-governmentConfederación Regional Obrera Mexicana (CROM). In particular, the founders of the CGT criticized the CROM's close relationship with the conservativeAmerican Federation of Labor (AFL). Unions split from the CROM, with 43 affiliating with the new CGT, but it was just a tenth the size of the CROM, with strength among textile workers. PresidentAlvaro Obregón (1920-1924) favored the CROM, and his administration attempted to suppress the CGT. WhenAdolfo de la Huerta made a bid for the presidency in 1923 in an armed rebellion, some in the CGT supported him.^[1]

Briefly after its formation, the CGT allied with theMexican Communist Party (PCM), but disputes ended the relationship almost immediately. In the decades that followed, the CGT became increasinglyanti-communist. The CGT remained far smaller than the CROM, and by the 1930s both federations were dwarfed by theConfederation of Mexican Workers (CTM).

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• Carr, Barry.El movimiento obrero y la política en México,1910-1929. 2 vols. Mexico City: Secretaría de Educación Pública 1976.

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