Member News

Click here to check out photos from the recent GRMP reunion at Brann's.

You are welcome to attend  the following informal monthly get-togethers at local restaurants:
First Thursday of the month, 8:00 a.m., Bob Evans on Kalamazoo/M-6
Second Monday of the month, 9:00 a.m., New Beginnings on 28th SW in Grandville
Second Wednesday of the month, 9:00 a.m., 44th Street Diner on 44th SW/Burlingame
Third Thursday of the month, 8:00 a.m., Big Boy on 17 Mile in Cedar Springs
Fourth Wednesday of the month, 11:30 a.m., Fire Mountain on Alpine Ave./4 Mile

A printable phone list of frequently called numbers is available here.

Details of the latest UAW-GM National Agreement can be viewed here.

The VEBA has announced these changes in retiree benefits for 2012: Limited dental and vision benefits have been restored, covering dental cleanings twice yearly, x-rays, fillings, and a routine vision exam every 24 months with a $25 copay. Further information is available by contacting the VEBA at 1 (866) 637-7555.

The Union Hall is now closed. Questions about the hall or other union business should now be directed to Region 1D at (616) 949-4100.

This website will eventually disappear as well. Information will continue to be posted on the UAW Local 730 facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/UAWLocal730. You do not need to join facebook to view that page.

For Benefits assistance, our members and retirees should contact Carrie Jackson, the Special Assigned Benefit Rep at Region 1D, at (616) 957-0266 or toll free at 1 (866) 782-6510.

Our members might be interested in viewing videos about our plant and our local union, kindly supplied by Rick O'Rourke on this website: http://www.youtube.com/user/starflyer08?feature=mhee

Another interesting video focusing on our TDO workers, with special thanks to Pete Jauw, is available at http://www.viddler.com/explore/TDOGM/videos/1/

Who We Are

UAW Local 730 members are the hourly employees and retirees of the recently closed General Motors Grand Rapids Metal Stamping Plant located at 300 36th Street SW, Grand Rapids, MI, 49548. Our local is a part of UAW Region 1-D, under the leadership of Director Gerald Kariem.

Our purpose as a Union is defined in the UAW Constitution: Essential to the UAW’s purpose is to afford the opportunity for workers to master their work environment; to achieve not only improvement in their economic status, but, of equal importance, to gain from their labors a greater measure of dignity, of self-fulfillment, and self-worth. Extending these gains in dignity, self-fulfillment and self-worth to the community is an integral part of the objective of the labor movement to which the UAW belongs.

Union Hall Location and Rental

The UAW Local 730 Union Hall is located at 3852 Buchanan SW, Wyoming, MI, 49548. It is now closed. Questions regarding the hall may be directed to Region 1-D at (616) 949-4100.

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