We are the United Steelworkers, North America’s largest industrial union. We’re 1.2 million members and retirees strong in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. We proudly represent men and women who work in nearly every industry there is.
The 2022 SOAR essay will focus on the history of voting rights in America from the founding fathers to the suffrage movement, giving women the right to vote, and to the passage of the “Voting Rights Bill” in 1965.
The 2022 SOAR essay will focus on the history of voting rights in America from the founding fathers to the suffrage movement, giving women the right to vote, and to the passage of the “Voting Rights Bill” in 1965.
The essay should also focus the future of voting rights in America.Your assistance is greatly needed to help get this information into the hands of the 2021 high school graduates in your family and at your local school who may qualify. The students will need copies of all the enclosed documents (Rules & Guidelines, Certificate of High School, Certificate of Qualifying Union and Application) as well as this letter announcing the essay topic. Please feel free to make as many copies as needed.
The essay should also focus the future of voting rights in America.Your assistance is greatly needed to help get this information into the hands of the 2021 high school graduates in your family and at your local school who may qualify. The students will need copies of all the enclosed documents (Rules & Guidelines, Certificate of High School, Certificate of Qualifying Union and Application) as well as this letter announcing the essay topic. Please feel free to make as many copies as needed.
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*Download link for Rules and Guidelines:*
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*Download link for Rules and Guidelines:
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https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:de40cb67-40e9-3ad2-bd79-9ce5a3334e6d [1]*High School Certification Form:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:de40cb67-40e9-3ad2-bd79-9ce5a3334e6d [1]*High School Certification Form:
The Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees (SOAR) Granite City, Ill Chapter will make our annual scholarship awards to 2022 area high school graduates who are related to an active SOAR member. The presentation will take place at the SOAR Awards Banquet (location to be determined) on August 1th, 2022. The scholarship winner(s) must attend the banquet when the scholarships are awarded.
The award is fully described in the guidelines along with the application and certification forms in the linked pdf forms below. These must be completed and returned to the scholarship committee before the essay contest. The major eligibility requirements is the applicant must be related (children, grandchildren, great grandchildren) to an active current SOAR member and registered to attend school on a full-time basis, and that the school be one that will normally lead to a recognized and accredited bachelor’s or associate’s degree, or professional or technical certificate in a program of study that is at least two years in length.
Applicants are required to write an essay about the labor-oriented topic listed below. The essay will be submitted to the Scholarship Committee on or before
The deadlines for turning in the applications will be April 8, 2022. The deadline for turning in the essays will be April 15, 2022.
The essay should be a minimum of two pages in length. Below is the study topic: "The History and the Future of Voting Rights in America" The 2022 SOAR essay will focus on the history of voting rights in America from the founding fathers to the suffrage movement, giving women the right to vote, and to the passage of the “Voting Rights Bill” in 1965.
The essay should also focus the future of voting rights in America.
Your assistance is greatly needed to help get this information into the hands of the 2021 high school graduates in your family and at your local school who may qualify. The students will need copies of all the enclosed documents (Rules & Guidelines, Certificate of High School, Certificate of Qualifying Union and Application) as well as this letter announcing the essay topic.
Current FBP and FBP P&T Unit members *must* apply internally. PMA and MCS members can call the Union Hall to have their names placed on a list that will be sent to FBP. All positions can be found on FBP's website, and hard copies of postings are kept at the Union Hall.
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Current FBP and FBP P&T Unit members *must* apply internally. North Wind Dynamics and MCS members can call the Union Hall to have their names placed on a list that will be sent to FBP. All positions can be found on FBP's website, and hard copies of postings are kept at the Union Hall.
We are the United Steelworkers, North America’s largest industrial union. We’re 1.2 million members and retirees strong in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. We proudly represent men and women who work in nearly every industry there is. Our members are leaders in your communities, in your work places, in our governments and more. We have a presence in the United Kingdom, Ireland, England, Scotland, Mexico and many other places around the world.
We believe in better. We stand up and fight back for better. We work for working families around the world.
Members of Local 9211-14, who work at The Palace Alexandria long-term care facility and retirement home, flexed their collec
Members of Local 9211-14, who work at The Palace Alexandria long-term care facility and retirement home, flexed their collec
Members of Local 9211-14, who work at The Palace Alexandria long-term care facility and retirement home, flexed their collective muscle last Monday, Feb. 7, by rallying in the streets and sending a clear message both to their employer and to a provincial board of arbitration currently meeting to decide the outcome of the local’s collective agreement.
Members of Local 9211-14, who work at The Palace Alexandria long-term care facility and retirement home, flexed their collective muscle last Monday, Feb. 7, by rallying in the streets and sending a clear message both to their employer and to a provincial board of arbitration currently meeting to decide the outcome of the local’s collective agreement.
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This demonstration came on the heels of a similar action taken by members of Local 6946 last fall when they convened in Barry’s Bay, Ontario, to demand that their long-term care employer, Valley Manor Inc., meaningfully engage in the bargaining process.
This demonstration came on the heels of a similar action taken by members of Local 6946 last fall when they convened in Barry’s Bay, Ontario, to demand that their long-term care employer, Valley Manor Inc., meaningfully engage in the bargaining process.
While the outcome of both collective agreements remains outstanding, the solidarity and strength of the membership has not gone unnoticed by the employers.
While the outcome of both collective agreements remains outstanding, the solidarity and strength of the membership has not gone...
Members of Local 9211-14, who work at The Palace Alexandria long-term care facility and retirement home, flexed their collec
Members of Local 9211-14, who work at The Palace Alexandria long-term care facility and retirement home, flexed their collec
Members of Local 9211-14, who work at The Palace Alexandria long-term care facility and retirement home, flexed their collective muscle last Monday, Feb. 7, by rallying in the streets and sending a clear message both to their employer and to a provincial board of arbitration currently meeting to decide the outcome of the local’s collective agreement.
Members of Local 9211-14, who work at The Palace Alexandria long-term care facility and retirement home, flexed their collective muscle last Monday, Feb. 7, by rallying in the streets and sending a clear message both to their employer and to a provincial board of arbitration currently meeting to decide the outcome of the local’s collective agreement.
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This demonstration came on the heels of a similar action taken by members of Local 6946 last fall when they convened in Barry’s Bay, Ontario, to demand that their long-term care employer, Valley Manor Inc., meaningfully engage in the bargaining process.
This demonstration came on the heels of a similar action taken by members of Local 6946 last fall when they convened in Barry’s Bay, Ontario, to demand that their long-term care employer, Valley Manor Inc., meaningfully engage in the bargaining process.
While the outcome of both collective agreements remains outstanding, the solidarity and strength of the membership has not gone unnoticed by the employers.
While the outcome of both collective agreements remains outstanding, the solidarity and strength of the membership has not gone unnoticed by the employers.