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Harry Polland/Robert Morales Scholarship Program
Updated On: Jan 26, 2022

This scholarship is named for Harry Polland, the long-time Joint Council 7 Economist who was responsible for negotiating and improving Teamster contracts throughout California; and Robert Morales, Secretary-Treasurer to Teamsters Joint Council 7 and Teamsters Local 350 as well as Director of the IBT's Solid Waste Division, had the ability to negotiate the best Waste Division contracts in the country and to lobby in the country and to lobby in the City and County of San Francisco for workers' rights. Although both small in stature, they were giants in the world of collective bargaining. This Scholarship is intended as a tribute to Harry and Bob's efforts to ensure that Teamster jobs always provide the wages and benefits necessary to support families and enable Teamsters to send their children to college.

Application and required documents must be received at the Local Union office or postmarked no later than July 1st. 

Eligibility

Applicants are eligible for scholarships to attend a college, university, or trade school when they or their parent or legal guardian (proof may be required) is an active member in good standing of one of the previously-listed Local Unions. Elected officials and employees of Teamsters Local Unions and Joint Councils, and their families, are not eligible.

Criteria

Grade point average of 2.0 (based on a 4.0 system) upon high school graduation.

How to Apply

Applicants must complete an application and return it to a Joint Council 7 office or to the office of the member’s Local Union that is affiliated with Joint Council 7 (see list above) by no later than July 1, 2022, along with the following:

1. High school or college transcript through the most recent semester.

2. Resume of school and/or community activities.

3. Two-page handwritten or typed essay on “The Importance of Labor Unions.”

4. Recent photograph of the applicant.

Where to Get Applications

Applications may be obtained from your Local Union, from the Joint Council 7 office or here:

Polland Morales Scholarship

Joint Council 7 is proud to support the higher education of Teamster families!      



Download: Polland-Morales-Scholarship.pdf

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Teamsters Local 87
2531 G Street
Bakersfield, CA 93301
  (661) 327-8594

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