This benefit includes the delivery of flowers/plant/gift or donations made to or in honor of a member, union staff person, or the member’s/staff’s immediate family to the 2nd degree of Kindred (employee’s spouse, children, stepchildren, mother, father, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister, brother, grandparent or grandchild). This benefit is available in the following cases:
- Death of a member
- Death in the immediate family of a member
- A serious illness or surgery of a member
- A serious illness or surgery in the immediate family of a member
The requesting member needs to provide the purpose of the request and the full name, delivery address and contact number(s) for the person on whose behalf they are making the request, preferably using a Good and Welfare Committee Order Statement. Call the ASEA Business Office at 277-5200 for contact information.
Scholarship
We are pleased to announce this year’s scholarship program for dependents of chapter members.
The scholarships will be awarded to dependents of members in good standing, who have been accepted for admission to an undergraduate degree program at an accredited college, university or trade school. The basis of selection is a combination of past academic performance, a 250‑word essay, community service and recommendations from instructors, employers, or others. The selected candidates’ scholarship will be paid to the Director of Admissions/Registrar on your behalf at the chosen school. Scholarships will be awarded at the chapter meeting in May. Scholarship awards vary in range.
Applications are due to the union office by 5:00pm April 9, 2010. See the application for filing instructions.
Steward
The job of a steward is the most challenging, most rewarding and most important job in our union. That’s because they are on the frontlines of our fight to develop a strong, active union in the workplace —one that can make a real difference in the lives of our members.
Stewards have an enormous impact on our members’ faith and belief in the union. The steward is the one union person our members see every day when they go to work. In the eyes of most ASEA members, stewards are the union. Because this is so, the ASEA steward, more than any other union leader or activist, has the opportunity to energize and mobilize the source of our union’s strength: the membership.
The steward takes on a number of roles in the union: They provide leadership in the workplace; organize co-workers to take collective action; communicate with workers, union leaders and management; and represent members. By performing these steward tasks, they earn the confidence and respect of their co-workers. This allows them to carry out their primary responsibility: to reach out to the members and encourage them to become active, involved participants in their union.
This is vitally important because of a fundamental truth about our union: Member involvement in union activities and union actions creates union power in the workplace. A strong union is better able to protect workers’ rights and fight for improvements in wages, hours, working conditions and quality of life on the job.
Click here for a list of Anchorage Stewards. (Note, this link will take you to the statewide ASEA website, to return to the Anchorage Chapter website please use the back button on you web browser).