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Susana M. Segat, long-time union official and former school committee member, was sworn in today as the labor member of the Massport Board, replacing local Teamster president George Cashman who resigned last January.

Segat is currently Deputy Trustee of Local 254 of the Service Employees International Union. She is also Political Director of the 81,000 member SEIU Massachusetts State Council.

Since first joining the union 23 yeas ago, Segat has held a number of positions with the SEIU in both Boston and Washington D.C. As Director of the Office Worker Division, Segat is credited with the development of innovative bargaining strategies for addressing such issues as sexual harassment, pay equity, family and medical leave, assault on the job, technological change, and job redesign.

Segat is a former member of the Cambridge School Committee and continues to serve as Commissioner and Founding Chair of the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women.

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