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Bergen County Central Labor Council Scholarship

Award Amount: $1,000 each, four awards total

Deadline: February 27, 2026

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Open to all CWA 1036 members in good standing, spouse and children. (CWA 1036 is an affiliate of the Bergen County CLC, applicants do not need to live in Bergen County.) 

Monmouth County Central Labor Council Scholarship

Deadline: April 2, 2026

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Open to all CWA 1036 members in good standing. (CWA 1036 is an affiliate of the Bergen County CLC, applicants do not need to live in Bergen County.) 

CWA Joe Bierne Scholarships

Award Amount: $4,000 each

Deadline: April 30, 2026

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Sixteen partial college scholarships of $4,000 each are being offered for the 2026-2027 school year. Winners, selected in a lottery drawing, also will receive second-year scholarships of the same amount contingent upon satisfactory academic accomplishment. Part-time students, less than 12 credits, will receive half of the scholarship monies.

Eligible for the awards are CWA members and their spouses, children and grandchildren, including those of retired or deceased members.

Applicants must be high school graduates or at least high school students who will graduate during the year in which they apply. Undergraduate and graduate students returning to schooling may also apply. Prior winners may not reapply.

Union Plus Scholarships 

Award Amounts: $500 to $4,000

Award date: May 31, 2026. During the first week of June 2026 award recipients will be notified by postal mail, and all applicants will be sent email notification.

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These one-time cash awards are for study beginning in the Fall of 2023. Students may re-apply each year. Current and retired members of unions participating in any Union Plus program, their spouses and their dependent children (as defined by IRS regulations) are eligible. Grandchildren are not eligible unless they are a legal dependent (as defined by IRS regulations). At least one year of continuous union membership by the applicant, applicant's spouse or parent (if applicant is a dependent). The one-year membership minimum must be satisfied by May 31, 2026.