Michigan Senate candidate calls for ban on corporate stock buybacks after GM’s $20 billion plan

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has drawn attention for his stance against corporate stock buybacks following General Motors’ recent announcement of a $20 billion repurchase program. El-Sayed, running as a Democrat in the upcoming November Senate race, criticized the automaker’s leadership on social media, calling for stock buybacks to be made illegal and arguing that companies should allocate more resources toward workers and product innovation. General Motors, a leading US automaker, recently unveiled what workers’ union officials described as the largest stock buyback in US automotive history. The United Auto Workers (UAW), representing thousands of GM employees and currently endorsing El-Sayed, publicly condemned the decision.

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