Mexico Interest Groups

An interest group is an organization that tries to influence political stand through political action, providing material resources, exchanging information and or cooperation.

The Authentic Workers Front (Frente Auténtico del Trabajo or FAT) is an independent federation of labor unions, worker owned cooperatives, farm worker and community organizations.The FATis a strong supporter of union democracy. It was created in 1960 because of the nation's labor stife of 1958-59, and now represents workers in manufacturing industries almost all over the country. It usually sides with the left-wing Patry of Democratic Revolution.
The FAT were recently granted the ability to represent sevice workers in Mexico City and transportation industry workers nationwide.
Here are the links to to their websites: http://www.ueinternational.org/SolidarityWork/fat.html (English) and http://www.fatmexico.org/ (Spanish).

The Confederation of Mexican Workers (Confederación de Trabajadores de México or CTM) is the largest and best established union in Mexico. It was created in 1936 under the rule of president Lazaro Cardenas Del Rio. Unfortunately, after the assassintation of president Alvaro Obregon, the Confederación Regional Obrera Mexicana (CROM) withdrew their support which the CTM strongly relied on because of the influence CROM had on the working class.
The CTM has now become more appealing to employers rather then workers, and is now taxted as being corrupt and conservative. This has encouraged workers to organize independent unions.
Here is the link to thier website: http://ctmorganizacion.org.mx/ (Spanish).