GMRA Membership Registration Form

Become a General Motors Retirees Association Member by completing this form.

You may if you wish, print this application, and mail it to us at the address at the bottom of the form.

The application is in PDF format and requires the Adobe Reader, which may be downloaded free by clicking on the icon.

Please consider mailing with the form a contribution of $25 or more. (Contributions are not tax deductible.)

GM RETIREES ASSOCIATION Contact Details


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Make check out to and mail it to: Wayne C. Williamson, GMRA Treasurer – 1077 West Borton Road, Essexville, MI 48732

A Few More Reasons Why You Should Join GMRA
  • Dramatic change is taking place in GM and retirees need to be informed about GM products and services and to support GM's efforts to become a better competitor and long-term survivor.
  • When decisions made by GM are going to impact our lives, retirees need to have the ability to get our concerns voiced with GM executives and, when necessary, with Congress and the news media. According to a March 1, 2009 Detroit Free Press article, between the end of 2007 and the end of 2008 the GM pension funds went from a $20-billion surplus to a $12.4 billion deficit. According to GM's numbers, the company's U.S. hourly and salaried pension funds ended 2008 with around $84 billion in assets -- 87% funded.
  • The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., the federal corporation that insures retirement plans, last fall raised concerns about how GM and other Detroit automakers were spending their pension funds, warning that using money for buyouts and employee-reduction programs,"may undermine the state of the plans."
  • GM has taken billions from our pension plan. It used $2.3 billion for buyouts for UAW members. Spent $600 million on salaried retirement incentives and another $2.3 billion for Delphi's hourly pension plan.
  • Medicare-eligible salaried retirees and surviving spouses have lost their GM-sponsored medical, dental, vision, hearing aid, prescription drug, extended care and catastrophic coverage. In lieu of health care salaried retirees and surviving spouses received pension increase of $300 which doesn't nearly replace the eliminated benefits.
  • On Jan. 1, 2010, GM will end health care coverage to retired salaried workers who are younger than 65 and eligible for Medicare because they are disabled. They will get $260 per month medical expense credit.
  • Should the worst case happen with a GM bankruptcy we need to be prepared to have legal representation to fight for our rights in bankruptcy court.