Auto manufacturer CEO letters on Black Lives Matter

Who: CEO Mary Barra of General Motors Co.

What did Barra say?

• Start asking “What are we going to do?”
• Expressed impatience and disgust
• GM will be inclusive
  • Barra will lead an inclusion advisory board “of both internal and external leaders”
• GM will condemn intolerance
• GM will stand up against injustice

Who:  Executive Chairman Bill Ford and CEO Jim Hackett of Ford Motor Co.

What did they say?

• They will meet with employees across the company
• They will engage with the Ford African Ancestry Network ( employee resource group dedicated to promoting diversity)
• “pain that many of our team members have long felt in their daily lives.” 

Who:  CEO Mike Manley of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV

What did Manley say?

• He is “deeply disturbed”
• He and the Company “emphatically reject the hatred and prejudice”
• They have the power to make a difference & they will being by listening to their employees

The Detroit News | “Let’s stop asking ‘why’ and start asking ‘what:’ automakers write employees in wake of George Floyd death