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Scholarships Available

The Chicago Federation of Labor is offering ten William A. Lee Memorial Scholarship Awards-five academic-based scholarships, and five random-drawing scholarships. All are in the amount of $2,000 for students graduating from a Chicago or suburban high school. Students may apply in only one of the two categories.

Applications are available online at www.chicagolabor.org.

To be eligible, either the student or one of his or her parents must be a member of a local union affiliated with the Chicago Federation of Labor (Equity is an affiliate). All applications must be signed by one of the top two officers of the union to which the student or parent belongs.

Completed applications must be returned to the Chicago Federation of Labor, William A. Lee Memorial Scholarship Committee, 130 E. Randolph Street, Suite 2600, Chicago, IL 60601. Deadline is March 2, 2009.