Dirty Tricks = Politics as Usual for Segat

Folks,

It has come to our attention that someone distributed flyers and emails to the membership at the Boston Police Department. Both the flyers and the emails were offensive and apparently threatened Segat and the 888 Staff and they were purported to have come from our team.

The Bring Back Our Union Team and Change888.org had nothing to do with this.

This is a simple “dirty trick” by the Segat campaign.

And it should surprise no one that the Segat campaign would stoop this low.

President Segat is desperate to hang on to power any way she can.

So we should expect more dirty tricks ahead.

The Segat campaign was probably trying to minimize the damage caused by recent revelations that Segat gave herself a $20,000 raise and handed out similar increases to her top appointees last year and then had to layoff 5 attorneys and reps because of 888’s ongoing budget crisis. And all this among layoffs and wage freezes faced by 888 members who paid the dues that Segat fritters away.

So Segat is doing anything she can to keep the focus off of her record.

If anyone comes across any more dirty tricks, fake flyers or offensive emails please let us know by posting a comment on this blog.

And please remember we are solely focused on getting the word out about the problems at 888 and Our Program for Change.

So don’t get distracted by these dirty tricks: Think about what you’ve seen from your Union for the past 6 years under Segat's administration and what you think your Union should be.

Together we can Change SEIU 888!