2010 Conferences

This agenda is subject to change

Local Union Training Instructor (LUTI) Seminar

Sheraton Harrisburg-Hershey, PA

Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Convention

David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA

CBTU Convention

Detroit, MI

AFSCME International Convention

Boston, MA

PA AFL-CIO Community Services Institute

Holiday Inn, Allentown, PA

Northeast Region Union Women’s Summer School

Penn State University, State College, PA

District Council 90 Leadership Conference

Pocono Manor, PA

Pennsylvania Labor History Society Conference

Banquet at Bavarian Hall, Altoona PA

District Council 85 Leadership Conference

Ambassador Banquet & Conference Center, Erie, PA

AFSCME Chapter 13 RPEP Convention

Holiday Inn, Grantville, PA

C13 2010 Scholarship Apps Now Being Accepted

1/11:  2010 AFSCME C13 Member-Only Scholarship Guidelines and Applications for C13 members, their children and grandchildren.

Embracing its mission to enhance the value of union membership and support a stronger labor movement, Union Privilege has developed a scholarship and mentoring program to help more women and people of color become union leaders.

The Union Leaders of the Future Scholarship provides annual awards up to $3,000 to help future union leaders with the cost of continuing their education or training in order to pursue their union career goals and leadership skills.

The Union Leaders of the Future Scholarship Program is offered through the Union Plus Education Foundation.

How to Apply

Visit the Union Plus site for more information and to download an application.

 

Eligibility

• A current union member from the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada, Guam and the Virgin Islands of a union participating in any Union Plus program.
  
  
• Complete an application form with a recommendation letter from a union leader who has knowledge of the applicant's leadership potential.
  
  
• Applicant must be female and/or a member of a racial/ethnic minority, defined as American Indian or Alaskan, Asian or Pacific Islander, African American, Hispanic, or multi-racial.
  
  
• Scholarship recipients can re-apply for future awards.
  

Award Usage

• Applied toward the completion of an accredited degree, coursework or seminar at an accredited educational institution (college, university, community college, recognized technical or trade school). Important note: Not all union-sponsored leadership training courses are accredited. This program is offered under the Union Plus Education Foundation Trust, which means the program is restricted to granting awards for degrees/courses/seminars that are accredited.
  
  
• Financial need includes the cost of tuition/seminar fees, and related travel and expenses.

Evaluation Criteria

Applicants for scholarships are evaluated for union leadership potential. Important factors include career goals, social awareness and financial need.

Scholarship applications will first be judged by a Union Privilege consultant who is a career professional with extensive experience in union scholarship programs. The consultant will make selections and determine award amounts. The AFL-CIO Civil Rights & Women's Committees will ratify selections and award amounts.

Award Amounts

The amount of the award ranges from $500-$3,000. These are one-time cash awards sent and paid directly to individual winners for study and related expenses within the following 12 months. In addition, scholarship winners will be matched with current union leaders to participate in a special mentoring program.

The Union Leaders of the Future Scholarship Program is offered through the Union Plus Education Foundation. Visit the Union Plus site for more information and to download an application.

This scholarship is for dues-paying union members or staff employees of an AFL-CIO affiliated organization interested in enrolling in the National Labor College. With the National Labor College at the George Meany Center for Labor Studies in Silver Spring, Md., America's unions have their own college: a national center that provides continuous labor education for all union activists.

Union Privilege is the largest contributor to the Union Plus National Labor College Scholarship, administered by the National Labor College. Union Privilege offers a full array of educational services, from scholarships and loans to financial planning tools for college.

For more information visit the Union Plus website.

Awarded annually to AFSCME members and their families

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2009 Union Plus Scholarship Awards

The Union Plus Scholarship program, sponsored by the Union Plus Education Foundation, helps union members and their families defray the cost of higher education. Since 1992, the program has awarded over $2.4 million to deserving students.

Application

Download the Union Plus Scholarship application now.

Eligibility for Scholarships

Current and retired members of unions participating in any Union Plus program, their spouses and their dependent children (including foster children, step children, and any other child for whom the individual member provides greater than 50% of his or her support) can apply for a Union Plus Scholarship. (Participating union members from Puerto Rico, Canada, Guam and Virgin Islands and U.S. citizens are eligible.) Members do not have to purchase any Union Plus program product or participate in any Union Plus programs to apply for the scholarships and scholarship awards are not based upon participation in a Union Plus program.

The individual must be accepted into an accredited college or university, community college or recognized technical or trade school at the time the award is issued. Note: Graduate students are now eligible.

Evaluation criteria

The scholarship program is open to students attending or planning to attend a college or university, a community college, or a technical college or trade school. Applicants for scholarships are evaluated according to academic ability, social awareness, financial need and appreciation of labor.

Scholarship applications are judged by a committee of impartial post secondary educators.

Scholarship award amounts

The amount of the award ranges from $500 - $4,000. This is a one-time cash award sent to individual winners for study beginning in the fall of the same year.

Below is a list of scholarship opportunities administered by AFSCME's Education and Training Department.