IBEW Founders’ Scholarship

The IBEW Founders’ Scholarship honors the dedicated wiremen and linemen who organized the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Each year the officers of the IBEW are pleased to offer its working members scholarships on a competitive basis. It is hoped that the awards will not only contribute to the personal development of our members but also steward the electrical industry that our founders envisioned. Click here to open the application for the IBEW Founders’ Scholarship or it can also be found available on the IBEW website at http://www.ibew.org/FoundersScholarship.

All IBEW members who have been in continuous good standing for four years preceding May 1 of the scholarship year in which they plan to apply are eligible for the IBEW Founders’ Scholarship. Please note, if a member has been on honorary withdrawal at any time during the aforementioned period, he/she will not be eligible to participate.

Spouses or children of IBEW members are not eligible for the IBEW Founders’ Scholarship. Union Plus has a scholarship that is available for IBEW members, as well as their spouses and dependent children. Please visit the Union Plus website (www.unionplus.org) for more information about other scholarship opportunities.

We encourage all interested eligible members to participate in the IBEW Founders’ Scholarship Program.

2020-04-29T00:42:05-04:00February 20th, 2020|

Tennessee AFL-CIO Labor Council – Eddie Bryan Scholarship

♦ Deadline May 16, 2022 ♦

Eligibility Requirements:

High school graduates age 17-21 entering his or her first year of study in a state accredited college or university with the objective of obtaining a minimum of a two year degree (not vocational schools).

Member of or birth-child, legally adopted child or step-children, whose parent or grandparent is a member in good standing of a local union in good standing with the Tennessee AFL-CIO Labor Council, or a child has lived in the household of the above described union member for more than 3 years (verification required) and depends on that member for his or her financial obligations. A letter from local union principle officer verifying of the applicant, applicant’s parent or grandparent’s current membership in good standing required. Member must remain in good standing for a minimum of one year after scholarship is awarded or repay the amount of the scholarship upon withdrawal of membership for the local union. The only exception may be employer closing business, rare instances of termination, transfer, or death. Exceptions must be approved by an executive board’s recommendation of approval.

Application Process:

Application and a typed or hand written, five hundred-word essay on “What Labor Unions Mean to My Family will determine the winner of the 1st place $5,000.00 scholarship, 2nd place $2,000.00 scholarship, and 3rd place $1,000.00 scholarship. References must be properly recorded on the essay.

After scholarship applications are made available the applicant will have 6 weeks to prepare his/her essay and deliver it, along with an application, to a previously determined location, which will be indicated on application. Strict time lines (dates) will be set and followed; absolutely no exceptions will be made. The person receiving the applications may change from year to year.

The application for said scholarship is enclosed.  Deadline for application and essay will be MAY 16, 2022, and must be mailed to TN AFL-CIO Labor Council ATTN: Pat White, 1901 Lindell Avenue, Nashville, TN  37203.

Upon receipt of the student’s application and essay the receiver will assign a number that will be clearly marked on each page of the application and the essay. DO NOT PUT NAMES ON OR IN THE ESSAY. ESSAYS WITH NAMES WRITTEN ON THEM WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Determining a Winner

At the end of the six-week application period the TN AFL-CIO Labor Council will take possession of the essays only. Applications will remain with the person responsible for receiving them from the student.

References will be checked. Essays will be judged on content, flow, and neatness. The group process for choosing the best of four.

The best will be the winner of the $5,000.00 scholarship, 2nd place winner of the $2,000.00 and if
a third place is given winner will be given $1,000.00, to a college of choice.

Plagiarism will be grounds for disqualification.

PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, AND SIBLINGS SHALL EXCUSE THEMSELVES
FROM THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.

PENALTY FOR PARTICIPATING IN OR INTERFERING WITH THIS PROCESS IN ANY WAY BY PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS OR SIBLINGS SHALL BE THE DISQUALIFICATION OF THE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANT.

The application information will be verified.

False information will result in the winner being disqualified. In the event of a disqualification the runner-up will become the winner.

Results are final upon certification.

Awarding the Scholarship

Scholarship winners will be notified by phone and/or mail by June 30, 2022.

Scholarship will be paid directly to the college or university in two payments of $2,500.00 each for first place and $1,000.00 for second and should a third place be given there will be two payments of $500.00, one payment each at the beginning of the next two semesters. In hardship cases the full scholarship may be paid in one payment.

Any unused portion of this award shall be the property of this scholarship fund and shall be returned in an expeditious manner. It shall be the  responsibility of the member, who’s membership made this scholarship possible, to insure the return of any unused portion of this award.

All essays will become property of the Tennessee AFL-CIO Labor Council.

For additional information about the scholarship and access to the scholarship application form, please visit the AFL-CIO website here:

https://tnaflcio.org/scholarships/

2022-02-14T10:43:34-05:00March 11th, 2019|
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