The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO

The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Education Committee is accepting completed applications for 2008 Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Scholarships. For the ninth year, it is the pleasure of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO to offer our Scholarship Essay Contest to help contestants conduct research about the many contributions that the Labor Movement has made to American society.
Please share this information with all interested, eligible students.

William M. George,
President

Richard W. Bloomingdale,
Secretary-Treasurer

ELIGIBILITY: Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Scholarships are available exclusively for PA AFL-CIO Affiliated Union Members and their families.

SCHOLARSHIP CATEGORIES:

SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNTS:

Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Scholarships will be offered in three categories:

Graduating high school seniors;
Post-secondary education students;
Affiliated Union Members attending an accredited institution of higher learning.

The amounts of Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Scholarships will be awarded in three categories:

First Award ………$2,000
Second Award ……$1,000
Third Award ………$500

HOW TO APPLY

	Complete the application form and mail it to the PA AFL-CIO no later than January 31, 2008 – (You can either download, print, complete and submit the application form that appears below or call or email the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO to have an application form sent to you.);
	Write an essay about the topic listed for your category (topics appear below; essays must be a minimum of one thousand five hundred [1,500] words);
	List three references and include their names, addresses and titles (at least one reference must be someone from a Labor organization);
	Make sure your essay is neatly prepared, double-spaced and typed on regular white paper and a 1/2 Floppy or CD; and,
	Mail all of the items listed above to the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO.

ESSAY TOPICS
CATEGORY 1 (Graduating high school seniors) Topic: Why should we vote as Union Members, as Workers and as a Community?	CATEGORY 2 (Post-secondary education students) Topic: Health Care Crisis in the United States: How does it affect our families, our jobs, our retirees and our communities?	CATEGORY 3 (Affiliated Union Members attending an accredited institution of higher learning.) Topic: What does a true Voice @ Work mean to you? (Democracy In The Workplace)

THE APPLICATION

Please complete the application and include it in your application packet.

Name: ______________________________________________________________________________________

Address: _____________________________________________________________________________________

Home Phone Number: ___________________________________________________________________________

What is the name and complete address of the school and/or program in which you are currently attending?

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Union Affiliation & Local Central Labor Council: _________________________________________________________

Signature of the Central Labor Council President or Union Local President: _______________________________________

Your complete packet should include this application, references and the 1,500-word essay on regular white paper and a 3 1/2 floppy or CD.

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PLEASE DIRECT QUESTIONS TO:

Carl Dillinger, Education Director
Phone: 717-231-2843 or 717-231-2873
Fax: 717-238-8541
AFL-CIO Web address: http://www.paaflcio.org

THE PENNSYLVANIA AFL-CIO’S NEW ADDRESS IS:

319 Market Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101-2207

2007 SCHOLARSHIP FUND SPONSORS
AFGE L. 1647/Tobyhanna Army Depot AFSCME Council 13 AFSCME District Council 47 L. 2186 AFSCME L. 1224 PHEAA Building AFSCME L. 2245 AFSCME L. 2368 AFSCME L. 2583 AFSCME L. 2596 Allegheny County CLC Amalgamated Transit Union Division 164 Amalgamated Transit Union L. 85 American Postal Workers Union PHILA BMC Local Asbestos Workers L. 2 BC Building Trades Community Services Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Clearfield, Elk, Cameron & Jefferson CLC Chocolate Workers L. 464	Chocolate Workers L. 484 Construction Gen. Laborers L. 373 CWA District 13 Faculty & Staff Federation of Community College of Philadelphia Greater Westmoreland CLC IBEW L. 163 IBEW L. 102 IBEW L. 1637 IBEW L. 29 IBEW L. 459 IBEW L. 5 International Assoc. of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers L. 401 International Union of Operating Engineers International Union of Operating Engineers L. 66, 66-A, B, C, D & R Intl Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders-Blacksmith Forgers and Helpers L. Lodge 13 Intl. Union of Operating Engineers L. 542	Laborers’ District Council of Western PA PA State Legislative Board/BLET Philadelphia Council of AFL CIO/Operating Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Pittsburgh Metro Area Postal Workers Union Plumbers & Steamfitters of NW PA PSEWA Reading/Berks CLC SEIU District 1199P Steamfitters L. 449 UNITE HERE L. 274 Upper St. Clair Education Association AFT L. 4270 USW L. 14693 USW L. 1196 USW L. 1688 USW L. 3199 USW L. 5852 Venango County CLC Washington/Greene CLC

PENNSYLVANIA AFL-CIO EDUCATION COMMITEE

John Tarka, Chairman Carl Dillinger, Secretary Anne Cohen Ike Gittlen Robert Harvison Alice Hoffman Bruce Hummel Vince Larence Paul Lemmon Liz Long	Lawrence Murin Henry Nicholas Michael W. Platt Linda Sanders Karen Schermerhorn Jack Shea Dee Tancredi Michael Welsh David H. Wilderman
William M. George Ex-Officio	Richard W. Bloomingdale Ex-Officio

The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, 319 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101-2207. Telephone: 717-238-9351.