UUPers and their family members can apply for an AFL-CIO scholarship through the federation’s Union Plus Scholarship Program. The deadline to apply is Jan. 31. The Union Plus Scholarship Program, sponsored by the Union Plus Education Foundation, is open to students attending or planning to attend a four-year college or university, a community college or a technical college or trade school. Graduate students are now eligible. Since 1992, the Union Plus Scholarship Program has awarded more than $2.4 million to students of working families who want to begin or continue their post-secondary education. The program is open to members, spouses and dependent children of unions participating in any of the Union Plus programs. Members are not required to purchase any Union Plus products or participate in any Union Plus program to apply. The amount of the award ranges from $500 to $4,000. This is a one-time cash award sent to individual winners for undergraduate study beginning in the fall of the same year.

Winners are chosen based on academic ability, social awareness, financial need and appreciation of labor. Applications are judged by a committee of impartial educators. Go to www.unionplus.org for more information and an application.

— Karen L. Mattison