共和党参议院候选人迈克·罗杰斯（Mike Rogers）和美国汽车工人联合会（UAW）周二分别指责通用汽车（GM.N）在公布20亿美元股票回购计划后把股东置于工人之上，罕见地达成了共同立场。
Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers and the United Auto Workers union found rare common ground on Tuesday, separately accusing General Motors (GM.N) of putting shareholders ahead of workers after the automaker unveiled a new $20 billion stock buyback plan.
罗杰斯曾是美国众议院议员，他指责通用汽车错误地投资于电动汽车。
Rogers, a former US House member, accused GM of wrongly investing in electric vehicles.
“通用汽车在没人想要的电动汽车上损失了数十亿美元。两年来，通用本可以把资金重新投入密歇根州的工人，制造消费者真正想买的汽车。相反，他们选择把利润置于人民之上，密歇根的汽车工人将为此付出代价，”罗杰斯在声明中说。
"GM lost billions investing in EVs nobody wanted. For two years, GM could have focused on reinvesting in Michigan workers and manufacturing vehicles consumers actually want to buy. Instead, they chose to put profits over people, and Michigan autoworkers will pay the price," Rogers said in a statement.
罗杰斯正与民主党人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德（Abdul El‑Sayed）竞争这场备受关注的参议院选举，并希望将该席位从民主党翻为共和党。共和党人日益争取密歇根州的汽车工人和其他蓝领选民，因为该州经济仍与汽车产业紧密相连。
Rogers is competing against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in a closely watched Senate race and hopes to flip the seat to Republican control. Republicans have increasingly courted autoworkers and other blue-collar voters in Michigan, whose economy remains closely tied to the auto industry.
截至十月中旬的民调普遍显示，埃尔-赛义德在11月3日的选举中领先几分，尽管有几项调查的结果在误差范围内。
Polls through mid-October generally show El-Sayed ahead in the November 3 election by a few points, though several surveys have fallen within the margin of error.
美国汽车工人联合会已支持埃尔-赛义德，也谴责此次回购，称其“令人愤慨”，因为80%的通用汽车工人没有养老金或退休医疗福利，并表示该汽车制造商“把华尔街的利润置于蓝领美国之上”。罗杰斯未进一步说明通用汽车的电动汽车投资如何促成了回购决定。该公司自2023年以来已回购约295亿美元的股票，首席执行官玛丽·巴拉（Mary Barra）表示，通用认为其股价被低估。
The United Auto Workers, which has endorsed El-Sayed, also condemned the buyback, calling it "outrageous" when 80% of GM autoworkers do not have pensions or retiree healthcare benefits and saying the automaker was "choosing Wall Street profits over blue-collar America." Rogers did not elaborate on how GM's electric vehicle investments contributed to the buyback decision. The company has bought back about $29.5 billion in stock since 2023, and CEO Mary Barra said GM viewed its shares as undervalued.
针对批评，通用汽车表示，其“首要任务是投资我们的业务和员工。自2020年以来，我们已再投资超过1000亿美元以支持增长，包括在产品、工厂和员工方面的投入。”这种批评对于罗杰斯来说并不寻常，他通常专注于谴责政府推动电动汽车的政策，而非直接针对汽车制造商本身。埃尔-赛义德未立即回应置评请求。
Asked to comment on the criticism, GM said its "first priority is investing in our business and our employees. Since 2020, we’ve reinvested more than $100 billion to fund our growth, including in our products, our factories, and our people." The criticism was unusual for Rogers, who has generally focused on denouncing government policies promoting electric vehicles rather than on automakers themselves. El-Sayed did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
美国汽车工人联合会（UAW）主席肖恩·费恩表示，股票回购“是一种合法化的大规模掠夺，将工人阶级创造的数十亿美元直接输送给从未踏足过工厂的华尔街投资者。”在电动汽车需求放缓以及唐纳德·特朗普总统政策变化的背景下，通用汽车已缩减电动汽车生产和投资计划。该车企自去年以来已计入112亿美元的电动汽车相关费用。
UAW President Shawn Fain said stock buybacks "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." GM has scaled back electric vehicle production and investment plans amid softer EV demand and policy changes under President Donald Trump. The automaker has recorded $11.2 billion in EV-related charges since last year.
罗杰斯经常批评旨在加速电动汽车普及的政策，并于7月在密歇根州一家通用汽车工厂的竞选式活动中与特朗普同台。这位候选人和总统辩称，此类政策威胁美国制造业就业岗位。
Rogers has frequently criticized policies aimed at accelerating electric vehicle adoption and appeared with Trump at a campaign-style event at a GM facility in Michigan in July. The candidate and president argued such policies threaten US manufacturing jobs.