Scholarships

Scholarships for dependents of union members

  • Union Plus Scholarship (Deadline: January 31, 2012)
    For more than 10 years, the Union Plus Scholarship program has supported working families pursuing post-secondary education. The Union Plus Scholarship Program is offered through the Union Plus Education Foundation.
  • Richard "Dik" Days Scholarships (Deadline March 30, 2012)
    The Connecticut Chapter of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU), the International Union of the United Automobile, Aerospace &Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) in collaboration with the Days Family are pleased to announce the 2011 Richard (Dik) Days Scholarship Awards.
  • AFT Robert G. Porter Scholars Program (Deadline March 31, 2012)
    This program offers four-year, $8,000 post-secondary scholarships to students who are dependents of AFT members, as well as one-time $1,000 grants to AFT members.
  • AFT Connecticut Scholarship (Deadline April 1, 2012)
    The AFT Connecticut Scholarship Selection Committee determines the number of awards, and their dollar value. Candidates are selected based on academic promise and financial need, among other criteria. In addition to scholarships for high school seniors, one scholarship is reserved for an applicant who is already matriculated
    in college, and one scholarship is reserved for an AFT Connecticut member.
  • Kershner Scholarship (Deadline May 13, 2012)
    The Connecticut AFL-CIO is offering a $500 tuition award for study at any accredited college or university to a high school senior who is the son or daughter of a dues-paying member or him/herself the member of any union affiliated with the state labor federation. The scholarship may be used for either part-time or full-time study and is renewable annually upon successful completion of each year's studies.

Scholarships for union activists & leaders

National Labor College
Labor's own college at the George Meany Center for Labor Studies in Silver Spring, Md., offers unique nationally accredited degree programs.