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Her pay has increased 34% since 2019, according data from public filings analyzed for AP by Equilar.įord CEO James Farley received nearly $21 million in total compensation in 2022, a 25% increase over the $16.76 million then-CEO William Clay Ford received in 2019. The single biggest component was $14.62 million in stock grants, which vest over three years and whose ultimate value depends on stock performance and other metrics. Senator Peters strikes: Senators Gary Peters & John Fetterman join UAW strike at Ford Michigan Assembly Plantīarra, the only one of the three who held the role since 2019, is the highest paid, with a compensation package of worth $28.98 million in 2022.A detailed look at the compensation packages at all three companies shows how the UAW's claim both overstates and understates reality, depending on the view. “I don’t know where the 40% came from,” said General Motors CEO Mary Barra at a new conference when asked if the UAW’s numbers were accurate.Įxecutive pay is notoriously complicated to calculate because so much of it comes in the form of stock grants or stock options. But did the Big Three chief executives really get 40% pay increases? Not exactly. So our wages aren’t the problem,” Fain said in a recent interview with The Associated Press.ĬEO pay has ballooned for decades, while wages for ordinary workers have lagged.

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“In the last four years, the price of vehicles went up 30%. The WGA wrote similar letters targeting the executive pay at Comcast and NBCUniversal.įain has pushed back against arguments that a big pay bump for the union would jack up costs of vehicles and put the Big Three automakers - General Motors, Ford and Stellantis (formerly Chrysler) - at a disadvantage against foreign competitors with lower-cost workforces in the race to transition to electric vehicles. In June, Netflix shareholders rejected executive pay packages in a nonbinding vote, just days after the Writers Guild of America wrote letters urging investors to vote against the pay proposals, saying it would be inappropriate amid Hollywood's ongoing strike by writers. The UAW has since lowered its demand to a 36% wage increase but the two sides remain far apart in contract talks, triggering a strike.įain's focus on CEO pay is part of a growing trend of emboldened labor unions citing the wealth gap between workers and the top bosses to bolster demand for better pay and working conditions. He opened negotiations with a demand for a similar 40% wage increase over four years, along with the return of pensions and cost of living increases. UAW President Shawn Fain has repeatedly cited the figure, contrasting it with the 6% pay raises autoworkers have received since their last contract in 2019. NEW YORK (AP) - It’s been a central argument for the United Auto Workers union: If Detroit's three automakers raised CEO pay by 40% over the past four years, workers should get similar raises.