During the International’s Convention, Pres. Lee Saunders announced AFSCME’s newest member benefit, a free Associates Degree for both members and their families. The degree program is through Eastern Gateway Community College. Eastern Gateway is an accredited community college with a variety of programs that members and their families can take advantage of. For President Saunders and our union, ensuring that our member have access to quality and affordable education is a top priority and making this new benefit a highlight of his convention speech showed it.
The school is online, so members across the country can take advantage of classes. It also allows a good balance for members who are working and gives you flexibility to achieve your goals. With the constantly changing economy, education is more important than ever, and with a loss of funding from the state and federal level, it’s also more expensive than ever. This program will allow our members to advance their education and not be overly burden by the extreme cost. For our lower-income members and their families it will also make college something that is achievable, as getting the first two years of schooling at no cost is a significant deal and will prevent people from being overly burdened by student debt.
Head to freecollege.afscme.org for more details.
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