Scholarships & Awards
2012 Community Service Awards
Minnesota’s union members have a distinguished record of community involvement which the Minnesota AFL-CIO recognizes with community service awards. We need your help to identify nominees for these important awards that will be presented at our September convention. read more »
Martin Duffy Adult Learner Scholarship
The Martin Duffy Adult Learner Scholarship is a $500 tuition scholarship awarded to Union members of Minnesota AFL-CIO (not high school graduating dependents). Two scholarships awarded every year. Congratulations to the 2011 scholarship recipients: Marisa Pessenda and Valerie Frolov. read more »
MN AFL-CIO Scholarship for High School Seniors
The 2012 MN AFL-CIO Scholarship forms are now available to download.
These scholarships are awarded to five (5) recipients in 2012 to graduating high school seniors who are union members or the dependents of union members. Please see the scholarship form for details.
The 2011 Minnesota AFL-CIO Scholarship recipients are as follows: read more »
Union Plus Scholarship
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. Over 1,700 families have benefited from our commitment to higher education. The Union Plus Scholarship Program is offered through the Union Plus Education Foundation. Here is more information at UnionPlus.
Labor Leadership Grants
The Tobey Lapakko Labor Leadership Grant is available to women who are union members in good standing; the Charles McKenna Leadership Grant is available to men who are union members in good standing. The Lapakko Grant is no longer available for 2011.
Grants are available for members of affiliated unions seeking to develop their abilities and skills as union leaders. The grants help defray the cost of classes, programs or conferences sponsored or endorsed by the AFL-CIO or affiliated organizations. read more »
