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, 2009.

The Union Plus Scholarship Program is open to students attending or planning to attend a four-year college or university, a community or technical college, or trade school. Graduate students are also eligible.

Since 1992, the program has awarded more than $2.5 million to students of working families who want to begin or continue their secondary education.

The amount of the award ranges from $500 to $4,000. This is a one-time cash award 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 post secondary educators.

Go to www.unionplus.org for more information and an application.