Massachusetts AFL-CIO Scholarships
Sponsored by Massachusetts AFL-CIO
| Description: | The Massachusetts AFL-CIO, along with our affiliated local unions and labor/non-labor organizations, offer a scholarship program providing hundreds of scholarships totaling over one million dollars to union members, their children/step children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and non-union Massachusetts high school seniors. Please note that for union scholarships, each scholarship that is offered has its own criteria set by the donor. Students must meet the criteria in order to be eligible for that scholarship. |
| Eligibility: | Every year the Massachusetts AFL-CIO publishes a scholarship brochure describing the eligibility criteria for each award. Students with a union affiliation are eligible for both the Massachusetts AFL-CIO awards and those awards listed under their specific local union/central labor council. Massachusetts students that do not have union affiliation are eligible for the Massachusetts AFL-CIO scholarships ONLY - NO EXCEPTIONS. Students from other states are only eligible for scholarships offered by their affiliated local union that meet the union's criteria. If you are unsure as to the specific criteria of your affiliated local union, click on the Scholarship Book link below and view that information. Remember, regardless of your affiliations, any high school senior can take the exam in February and will be competing for the Massachusetts AFL-CIO scholarships, of which there are 14. The only exceptions are that students with union affiliations will also be competing for their individual local union scholarships against other students with the same affiliations if they meet the criteria set forth by the local union they are affiliated with. |
| Criteria: | The Massachusetts AFL-CIO offers scholarships to high school students who take the Labor History test based upon their test scores. Additional scholarships are available to children of members of specific unions and students at specific schools. |
| Selection: | Massachusetts AFL-CIO |
| Award: | Varies |
| Number: | 14 |
| Deadline: | December 16, 2009: application deadline (exam February 3) |
| Contact: |
Massachusetts AFL-CIO att Jackie Bergantino 389 Main St. Suite 101 Malden, MA02148 Email: jbergantino@massaflcio.org Phone: (781) 324-8230 |
| Website: | http://www.massaflcio.org/scholarship-program |