Union contractors and members from Citadel Electric, Clean & Courteous Plumbing, Butler Supply, and Milbank Manufacturing teamed up to fix the electrical and plumbing systems at a veteran in Kansas City, MO’s home.
Electricians performed a service upgrade, with a new 200 amp panel from an existing 60 amp service. Evergy had sent notice of disconnecting electrical service while the veteran was in the VA hospital.
Kansas City’s trade union’s stepped in to protect this veteran in need. The veteran is now in the comfort of his own home without without worries of having his power shut off.
Many of Kansas City’s unions perform residential work, so The Labor Beacon will begin publishing stories on their work and will publish a list of residential service providers moving forward so that union members can frequent union shops for the needs of their own homes.
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.
