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| 1918 |
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| Formation of the Regional Confederation of Mexican Labor (Confederación Regional Obrera Méxicana, popularly called the CROM) by Luis N. Morones. The confederation was the counterpart of the American Federation of Labor and was an important factor in the constitutional and social reform movement. Morones, as CROM leader, eschewed confrontation for a conciliatory attitude toward the government, and accepted generous government donations. Notorious for enriching himself at the expense of the union, he would later accept the position of secretary of labor under Plutarco Elías Calles. | 1 |
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| Jan |
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| Textile workers in Veracruz won 80–100 percent pay raises in the wake of a series of strikes. Strike actions on the part of Veracruz and Puebla textile workers over wage issues multiplied between 1917 and 1925, peaking at over 300 in the early 1920s. | 2 |
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| Feb. 19 |
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| Oil was declared an inalienable national resource, a tax was levied on oil lands and contracts, and titles to oil lands were to be transformed into concessions. American and British companies, supported by their governments, protested. The matter was settled by compromise, but the episode was only the first move in a long campaign to break the power and wealth of foreign companies. | 3 |
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