SPOKANE, Wash. – The Union CU has received a $20,000 Innovation Grant from the National CU Foundation to help expand its "Step-Up" program aimed at expanding its reach to more than 500 local labor unions and their 550,000 workers, the Foundation announced Friday.
The Step-Up Program helps workers access higher education, develop new skills, and take the next step in life: transitioning their education and skills with the changing economy to proactively avoid job displacement and find new career opportunities.
Union CU was known for 40 years as Inland Empire Trades CU, but changed its name earlier this year as part of an expansion of its field of membership to include members of any and all unions.
The grant is one of 14 for a total of $600,000 awarded by the Foundation this fall.
