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Statement from UAW President Shawn Fain on Corporate Greed at GM

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This morning, GM announced the largest stock buyback in US automaker history. The company is planning to give another $20 billion in profits to Wall Street while tens of thousands of autoworkers have no retirement security, while plants sit under-utilized, and while the global auto industry overtakes GM. This company has spent $30 billion on stock buybacks and dividends in the past 5 years alone, while kicking and screaming about costs during our 2023 negotiations. We will remember when we are back at the bargaining table in 2028.

Let’s be clear about what stock buybacks really are. They are a form of legalized mass looting, sending billions of dollars generated by the working class directly to Wall Street investors who’ve never seen the inside of a factory.

Why don’t 80 percent of GM’s autoworkers have a pension and retirement healthcare, as they did for half a century? Because someone on Wall Street is collecting their pension check in the form of a goddamn stock buyback. Why is GM nickel and diming their retirees while lavishing shareholders with billions? Because this company has sold its soul to Wall Street.

Who benefits? The majority of stocks in this country are held by the wealthiest one percent. Who’s the largest individual shareholder at GM? CEO Mary Barra, who made $48 million in 2025, a 60 percent raise in a year.  And just five Wall Street firms — companies like Blackrock and State Street — will get nearly $7 billion out of this scam.

Corporate America is destroying this country by looting the rust belt to pay off millionaires and billionaires for short term gain, while our factories sit empty and our working class falls further behind. GM hasn’t built a new plant in this country in 20 years. When GM is spending $20 billion buying back their own stock but only half that investing in factories, equipment, and productive capacity, they are choosing Wall Street profits over blue collar America.

When we bargained our UAW contract with GM in 2023, the media and the company acted like it was the end of the world for autoworkers to get a raise. But there’s always tens of billions of dollars for Wall Street. So when we return to the bargaining table with GM in 2028, I want the American public, the American politicians, and the American autoworker to remember this day. If there’s $20 billion for Wall Street, you better believe there’s our fair share for the working class.

🚨 DECLARACIÓN DEL PRESIDENTE DE LA UAW, SHAWN FAIN, SOBRE LA CODICIA CORPORATIVA EN GM 🚨

Esta mañana, GM anunció la mayor recompra de acciones de la historia de la industria automotriz estadounidense. La empresa planea destinar otros 20,000 millones de dólares de sus ganancias a Wall Street, mientras decenas de miles de trabajadores del sector carecen de seguridad para su jubilación, las plantas operan muy por debajo de su capacidad y la industria automotriz mundial supera a GM. Solo en los últimos cinco años, esta compañía ha gastado 30,000 millones de dólares en recompras de acciones y dividendos, a pesar de que durante nuestras negociaciones de 2023 se quejaron amargamente de los costos. Lo tendremos presente cuando volvamos a la mesa de negociación en 2028.

Seamos claros sobre lo que realmente son las recompras de acciones: se trata de una forma de saqueo masivo legalizado, que transfiere miles de millones de dólares —generados por la clase trabajadora— directamente a inversionistas de Wall Street que jamás han pisado una fábrica.

¿Por qué el 80 por ciento de los trabajadores de GM carece de pensión y de cobertura médica para su jubilación, como lo tuvieron durante medio siglo? Porque alguien en Wall Street está cobrando su pensión bajo la forma de una maldita recompra de acciones. ¿Por qué GM escatima recursos a sus jubilados mientras colma a sus accionistas con miles de millones? Porque esta empresa ha vendido su alma a Wall Street.

¿Quién se beneficia? La mayor parte de las acciones en este país está en manos del 1% más rico. ¿Quién es la mayor accionista individual de GM? La directora ejecutiva, Mary Barra, quien ganó 48 millones de dólares en 2025, lo que supone un aumento del 60 por ciento en un solo año. Además, apenas cinco firmas de Wall Street —como BlackRock y State Street— obtendrán cerca de 7,000 millones de dólares gracias a esta estafa.

El sector corporativo estadounidense está destruyendo este país al saquear el cinturón industrial (“Rust Belt”) para enriquecer a millonarios y multimillonarios en busca de ganancias a corto plazo, mientras nuestras fábricas permanecen vacías y nuestra clase trabajadora se queda cada vez más rezagada. GM no ha construido una sola planta nueva en este país en los últimos 20 años. Cuando GM destina 20 000 millones de dólares a la recompra de sus propias acciones, pero invierte solo la mitad de esa cantidad en fábricas, equipamiento y capacidad productiva, prioriza los beneficios de Wall Street por encima de los trabajadores industriales de Estados Unidos.

Cuando nosotros en la UAW negociamos nuestro contrato con GM en 2023, tanto los medios de comunicación como la empresa actuaron como si el hecho de que los trabajadores del sector automotriz recibieran un aumento salarial fuera el fin del mundo. Sin embargo, siempre hay decenas de miles de millones de dólares disponibles para Wall Street. Por eso, cuando volvamos a la mesa de negociación con GM en 2028, quiero que el público estadounidense, los políticos de este país y los trabajadores del sector automotriz recuerden este día. Si hay 20,000 millones de dólares para Wall Street, pueden estar seguros de que también existe la parte que le corresponde a la clase trabajadora.

October 20, 2026
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