Cárdenas encouraged working class organizations and sought to bring them into the political system under state control. The CROM, an umbrella labor organization, had declined in power with the ouster of Calles. Radical labor leader Vicente Lombardo Toledano helped create the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM), a nationalist, autonomous, non-politically affiliated organization. Communists in the labor movement were aligned with the Moscow-controlled Communist International, and Cárdenas sought to strengthen the Mexican labor organization aligned with the Mexican revolutionary state.
cárdenas encouraged working class organizations and sought to bring them into the political system under state control the crom an umbrella labor organization had declined in power with the ouster of calles radical labor leader vicente lombardo toledano helped create the confederation of mexican workers (ctm) a nationalist autonomous non-politically affiliated organization communists in the labor movement were aligned with the moscow-controlled communist international and cárdenas sought to strengthen the mexican labor organization aligned with the mexican revolutionary state