Monterey Bay Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO

931 E. Market Street – Salinas, CA 93905 www.mbclc.org

2008 Scholarship Application

PLEASE PRINT:

           

Applicant:_____________________________________________    Date of Birth:______________

                (Last Name)                                (First)                     (M.I.)

 

Street Address:___________________________________________________________________

 

City: __________________________________________  State: ________ ZIP: _______________

 

Email: ___________________________________ Phone #: _______________________________

 

   _____________________________________________________________________________

  High School, College, University, Trade, Technical or Business School last or currently attended

 

 (GPA: _________)     __________________________________________________________

                                     College, University, Trade, Technical or Business School to be attended

 

            I, the above-named applicant, hereby agree that if I fail to attend the intended educational institution named above or one of equivalent nature during the next regular school term on a full-time basis, I will return the scholarship grant to the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council.

 

_________________________________________________          __________________________

                          Signature of Applicant                                                                      Date

 

Sponsor's Name (UNION MEMBER):_________________________ Relationship to Applicant: ____________

 

Sponsor’s Email: _________________________________  Sponsor’s Phone #: _____________________

 

Sponsor's Union Affiliation:               _______                                                     _________________

  

_______________________________________________              __________________________

            Signature of Sponsor                                                                          Date        

 

SHORT ESSAY REQUIREMENT: In more than 100 but less than 200 words, please tell us: What does it mean for you to be part of a union family?.  In answering this question, think about what work life, pay and health care would be for you or others in your family without union membership, and what you have learned from participation by your or your family member’s participation in the labor and/or other social justice movements.  The best answers will be those that give personal examples about how union membership makes a difference or about your family's direct involvement in the labor movement. We encourage you to talk with your family and your teachers about how to answer this question.  By submitting this essay, applicants agree that they become the property of MBCLC and may be published or otherwise circulated.  

 

PLEASE NOTE: A TRANSCRIPT MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH THIS APPLICATION

 


VERIFICATION (To be completed by an officer of Sponsor's Union):

 

I, ________________________________,  _______________________________, do hereby verify that the

     (officer's name -- please print)                              (Position in the Union)

above-named sponsor is a member in good standing of (union name & local number                    ______ ___) and that this union DOES pay per capita to the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council for that member.

 

__________________________________                                        _______________________

                        Signature of Officer                                                                            Date

 

Completed application WITH transcript and union verification must be received in

Monterey Bay CLC office NO LATER THAN 6pm on Friday, April 18, 2008 May 30th (deadline extended).

 

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Monterey Bay Central Labor Council

2008 Scholarship Application

 

The Monterey Bay CLC hereby continues its scholarship program for members living and/or working in Monterey or Santa Cruz counties whose local union pays the monthly per capita for that member to the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council.

 

In 2008 the Labor Council shall award a Cesar Chavez Memorial Scholarship of $500 and a Johnny Mattos Scholarship of $500.

 

            The recipients of the scholarships shall be chosen by lot at the April MBCLC Executive Board Meeting, informed by letters to recipients and officially announced at the 2008 May Day Awards Dinner on May 2nd at Hyatt Regency Monterey. The name of a recipient and an alternate shall be selected for each scholarship.  If a recipient does not provide proof of registration and accept the award within six (6) calendar months of the date of the award, then the scholarship shall be offered to the alternates in numeric order. 

 

            Applicants must submit applications on the CLC's official Scholarship Application form to the sponsor's union for verification.  That union must then submit the completed application to the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council, 931 E. Market St., Salinas CA 93905.  The applicant must be verified as qualified by the president or designated official of the sponsoring CLC affiliated union in good standing during the period February 1 through April 1, 2008 and must meet the following requirements:

 

1.  Applicant must be either a member, spouse, or a dependent or child (not over age twenty-five) of a member of any union properly affiliated with the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council. The affiliated union must be paying per capita to the CLC for the applicant’s sponsor.

 

2.  Applicants must be full-time (nine or more semester units) students at an accredited university, college, trade, technical or business school (beyond the twelfth grade) for the school term following the award of the grant.

 

3.  Applicants must have at least an accumulative 3.0 grade point average  ("A" = 4.0,  "B" = 3.0, etc.) during their high school or post high school enrollment.  Members of affiliated unions who have been out of school, college, etc. for two (2) years or more, do NOT have to meet the GPA requirements for eligibility  (this exception does NOT apply to member's spouse or dependent child).

 

4.  A copy of the applicant's most recent school transcript must be submitted with the application, and/or a letter from a counselor, verifying the applicant's GPA status.  PLEASE NOTE THE ESSAY REQUIREMENT (SEE REVERSE SIDE)

 

5.  Applications must show the institution which the applicant intends to attend upon receipt of the grant and a signed statement from the applicant that the grant will be returned to the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council if the applicant fails to attend that or an equivalent institution during the next regular school term.

 

6.  Previous recipients of the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council Scholarships are not eligible for the grant.

 

NOTE:       No application will be considered without the proper transcript or counselor's letter

showing GPA status AND the sponsor's union verification AND the required essay.

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