A higher education is more important than ever. But with real wages falling for working families, health care costs increasing and tuition rising faster than the rate of inflation, affording an education now is even harder.

To meet the growing need, Union Plus provided $200,000 in scholarships to 133 students from 41 unions this year, including five recipients representing the United Steelworkers (USW). The scholarship recipients will be furthering their education with financial assistance from the 18th annual Union Plus Scholarship Program.

“We understand what working families are facing,” says Leslie Tolf, president of Union Privilege, the organization that provides an array of benefit programs for union families, including the scholarship program. “Many of this year’s applicants made it clear that, without help from our scholarship program, they would have to put their dreams on hold or forget about college entirely.”  Click here to read more ...