Tristin Amezcua-Hogan

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Tristin Amezcua-Hogan is the Editor of The Labor Beacon and a member of LIUNA Local 264. Tristin also serves as the Director of Communications for the Greater Kansas City AFL-CIO and the Chair of the Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance. Tristin grew up as the son of a UA Local 669 member in Tecumseh, KS and the great-nephew of George C. Amis, longtime leader of the United Rubberworkers (now USW Local 307) in Kansas. Growing up in rural Kansas as the child of teen parents, Tristin quickly came to appreciate the life-changing benefit of a union job. Tristin and his partner, Rebeca Amezcua-Hogan, are residents of the Westside, Kansas City, MO's historic Mexican neighborhood. They are proud members of Kansas City's New Reform Temple.

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Greater Kansas City Building & Construction Trades Council Leadership Updated at September Meeting

Local Unions

Tristin Amezcua-Hogan - October 3, 2025

The recent tragic loss of Ironworkers Local 10's Dave Coleman has necessitated a reshuffling of the leadership at the Greater Kansas City Building &...

Ejected in the 9th: Jackson County Recalls White

Elections

Tristin Amezcua-Hogan - October 3, 2025

On Tuesday, September 30th, Jackson County voters took to the polls for an unusual special election to vote on one question, just sixteen words...

The Border War: Same As It Ever Was?

National

Tristin Amezcua-Hogan - October 3, 2025

When Brian Eno and the Talking Heads recorded "Once in a Lifetime" in the summer of 1980 with the repeated phrase "same as it...

EXCLUSIVE: DNC Announces New Investment, Organizational Support in Missouri to Stop Trump’s Rigged Maps From Taking Hold

Missouri

Tristin Amezcua-Hogan - September 29, 2025

Missourians deserve the chance to vote on Republicans’ rigged maps Today, a day after Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed gerrymandered congressional maps into law, the DNC announced...

IUPAT D.C. 3 Enters New Chapter, Joey Flickner Named Business Manager

IUPAT DC 3

Tristin Amezcua-Hogan - August 23, 2025

Painters and Allied Trades District Council 3 and its member locals are excitedly entering into a new chapter following their July 3rd, 2025 exit...

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Local AFL-CIO, Working Familys’ Friend Partner to Host Inaugural “Solidarity Showdown”

Union Absence on Modular Jail Surfaces as Louisiana Contractor’s May Deadline Encroaches

Kansas City Unions Urging Immediate Pro-Community Changes Be Made at Port KC

40th Mid-America Labor/Management Conference is Set for 2026

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