Eligibility Requirements

Students

Applicants to the current program must graduate from high school during the 2007—2008 academic year. Students participating in a concurrent enrollment program, where they are attending college courses prior to completion of their high school requirements, must apply the year before they begin full-time college course work. Canadian students may apply during junior or senior matriculation year, but not both.
The applicant must be a son, daughter or grandchild of a Teamster member. Financial dependents (i.e., stepchildren and wards) of Teamster members are eligible if the member contributes in excess of 50% of the applicant’s financial support and if the applicant is a financial dependent of the member for federal income tax purposes.

Teamster Parent

The applicant’s Teamster parent must have been a member in good standing during the 12 consecutive months preceding the application deadline of March 30, 2008. In addition, the Teamster parent must not have been a full-time elected Teamster officer during this period.
If the applicant’s Teamster parent is retired or deceased, he or she must have been a member in good standing for the 12 consecutive months preceding his or her retirement or death. Furthermore, the member must not have been a full-time elected officer during the 12-month period stated above.
If the Teamster member has deposited a withdrawal card during the 12 months preceding the application deadline, he or she must have been a dues-paying member for 12 consecutive months prior to taking the withdrawal card. During both periods, the member must not have been a Teamster officer or employee and must have been a member in good standing. In cases of automatic withdrawal, the same rules apply.
If the Teamster member has transferred from one Teamster local to another during the 12 months preceding the application deadline, both memberships will be added together to obtain the required 12-month period. If there is a lapse between memberships, the procedure outline in Paragraph 3 will apply. The member must not have been a full-time elected officer of either local union and must have been a member in good standing during those 12 months.
A son, daughter or grandchild of a laid-off Teamster member who has been issued an honorable withdrawal card during the three years preceding the application deadline is eligible to apply to the program. However, if the member has secured employment not covered by a Teamster contract or if during the 12 consecutive months prior to the layoff the member was a full-time elected Teamster officer or was suspended from local union membership, the student is not eligible to apply.