Union Plus, a government employee affiliate of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, gives out one-time scholarships worth $500 to $4,000 to its current and retired members. A panel selects recipients, based on their "academic ability, social awareness, financial need and appreciation of labor," according to AFSCME's website.
Union Privilege
1125 15th St., NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20005
Students wanting to study labor union leadership at the National Labor College can receive a few thousand dollars through another Union Plus scholarship. The Union Plus National Labor College scholarship program splits $25,000 among about a dozen recipients every year. The college teaches courses in union leader skills, such as arbitration and negotiation.
Union Privilege
1125 15th St., NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20005
AFSCME members and staff can receive $2,000 per year from the organization's Nadra Floyd Memorial Scholarship. Along with letters of recommendation and proof of enrollment, applicants must submit an essay about how the union has helped the labor and social justice movements in the U.S.
Nadra Floyd Memorial Scholarship Program
AFSCME Department of Education and Leadership Training
1625 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-429-1250
Officers of AFSCME can apply for the Joey Parisi Scholarship, which pays recipients tuitions for a total of four courses over two terms at the National Labor College, as well as related costs. Applicants must submit an essay about why they are interested in organizing and how they would apply their education toward organizing.
College Degree Program
National Labor College
10000 New Hampshire Ave.
Silver Spring, Md. 20903
AFSCME issues at least ten $2,000 scholarships every year to government employees' children. Along with being a child or financially dependent grandchild of an AFSCME member, recipients must be high school seniors, planning to obtain a four-year degree.
AFSCME Family Scholarship Program
Attention: AFSCME Advantage
1625 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
202-429-5066
AFSCME offers two $5,000 scholarships through its Jerry Clark Memorial Scholarship program. Named after the union's former director of the political action department, the scholarship is open to any student with at least a 2.5 GPA ,who has a parent or guardian who is a member of AFSCME.
Jerry Clark Memorial Scholarship Program
AFSCME, AFL-CIO
Attention: Education Department
1625 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
Children and spouses of police officers, firefighters and other state employees who died in the line of duty can receive up to $10,000 from the Vantagepoint Public Employee Memorial Scholarship Fund. Vantagepoint awards the scholarship, based on need, to students heading into two or four years of higher education.
Vantagepoint Public Employee Memorial Scholarship Fund
Scholarship Management Services, Scholarship America
One Scholarship Way, P.O. Box 297
St. Peter, MN 56082
507-931-1682