Company Profile

Company History

Great Lakes First Federal Credit Union was established for the purpose of providing its members with a safe, convenient place to save and a source of credit, when needed, to be provided at the lowest possible cost. The credit union has grown because we have been successful in meeting our mission.
Great Lakes First Federal Credit Union was originally organized on April 7, 1949 under the name of Harnischfeger Employees of Escanaba Federal Credit Union. A group of nine employees decided to organize a credit union with the idea of saving together; they could build a fund from which loans could be made to help Harnischfeger employees who needed money for worthwhile purposes. They felt an employee free from financial anxiety is a more efficient and reliable person. Over the last 50 years, several changes have occurred.
October 1, 1982, Harnischfeger Employees of Escanaba Federal Credit Union merged with Teamster's Local 328 Federal Credit Union. In 1983, Harnischfeger Corporation closed the Escanaba Plant, which resulted in the Credit Union's name being changed to Great Lakes First Federal Credit Union in March of 1983. October 1, 1991, Great Lakes First Federal Credit Union merged with Gladstone Community Federal Credit Union.