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MAPE offers two scholarships to Labor Notes conference ... reminder: deadline to apply is this Friday

Submitted by mcody on January 27, 2012 - 12:53pm

MAPE is offering two $250 scholarships to the Labor Notes Conference in May that is located in Chicago. The scholarship is a reimbursement after the person attends the conference.

Labor Notes conferences are big gatherings of grassroots union activists and worker center leaders. This year’s conference is May 4-6 in Chicago. For more information, please go to this Labor Notes website address: www.labornotes.org/conference

Interested MAPE members should send an e-mail to Kris Henry at khenry@mape.org by Friday, Feb. 17. They should send an e-mail stating why they want to go, and how they will use the information to help MAPE become a stronger union.

Scholarships will be announced Feb. 22.