Union Plus Awards Scholarships to 133 Winners
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The Union Plus Scholarship Program awarded $200,000 in scholarships to 133 students this year. The winners represent 41 unions and will be attending colleges, universities, trade and technical schools across the country.
Since 1991, the Union Plus Scholarship Program has provided more than $2.8 million to help fulfill the educational dreams of 1,813 students who represent millions of working families across the nation.
All members of unions participating in the Union Plus programs (as well as their spouses and dependent children) are eligible to apply for scholarships. In addition to demonstrating academic ability, applicants submit essays describing their career goals, detailing their relationship with the union movement and making the case for why they deserve a union scholarship.
This year’s scholarship recipients demonstrated strong commitments to community service and social programs. Many are members of families whose union ties go back for generations. Click here for information on eligibility and to apply for next year’s scholarships.
May 30 Deadline to Apply for Union Leader Scholarships
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Time is running out to apply for the Union Leaders of the Future Scholarship and Mentoring Program. The deadline is May 30.
The scholarship program provides annual awards of up to $3,000 to help women and people of color with the cost of continuing their education to build leadership skills and pursue their union careers.
Scholarships can be used for tuition, books and travel for leadership training at accredited labor schools, colleges, universities and community colleges. Many students have used the program to attend the National Labor College. Click here to apply or learn more about the program.
By affording opportunities for women and people of color to continue their education, the scholarship program is helping build a skilled, diverse leadership for the union movement to continue to reach out and provide benefits to more workers.
Applicants must be members of a union or union leaders or staff. Each applicant will be asked to write an essay on how their leadership goals and aspirations will help strengthen the labor movement.
The scholarship program is sponsored by the Union Plus Education Foundation, an arm of Union Privilege, which provides consumer benefits to members and retirees of participating unions.
So far, the Union Leaders of the Future Scholarship Program has awarded $74,000 to 28 winners.
All applications must be postmarked by May 30, 2009. Scholarship winners will be contacted by July 7, 2009.
Apply Now for Union Leaders of the Future Scholarship
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With the cost of college going up every day, every student needs help making ends meet. At the same time, the union movement needs a skilled, diverse leadership to continue to reach out and provide benefits to more workers.
To help build a more diverse and strong union movement, the Union Leaders of the Future Scholarship and Mentoring Program is helping more women and people of color become union leaders.
The scholarship program provides annual awards of up to $3,000 to help future leaders with the cost of continuing their education to build leadership skills and pursue their union careers. Scholarships can be used for tuition, books and travel for leadership training at accredited labor schools, colleges, universities and community colleges.
