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Tristin Amezcua-Hogan

@tah.bsky.social

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Fighting for stronger workers, unions, cities, and transit. Editor-in-Chief of TheLaborBeacon.com - KC’s 36,000+ strong labor newspaper. Chair of the KC Regional Transit Alliance. (kcrta.org) Director of Comms for KC AFL-CIO. Proud union member. Jew.

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Tristin Amezcua-Hogan @tah.bsky.social · Nov 13

Honored to have assumed the role of Chair of the Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance last night and thankful to have @joshboehm.bsky.social, @mckelleykc.bsky.social, @acganahl.bsky.social, and @staubio.bsky.social to learn from and work with on the exec team, as well as past chair David Johnson.

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Tristin Amezcua-Hogan @tah.bsky.social · 6d

BlueSky is generally enjoyable, but the lack of Kansas City critical user mass has really taken away from what I like about social media. I don’t want my social media to primarily be a feed of national dialogue! I want to discuss/complain about local things online.

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Tristin Amezcua-Hogan @tah.bsky.social · 6d

People really don’t understand how cool a decent bus system can be!

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Tristin Amezcua-Hogan @tah.bsky.social · 6d

So much of what Zohran’s campaign is doing comes down to behind the scenes hires and being willing to not follow normal rules of campaigning.

Looking forward to the eventual post-victory pieces where they go more into depth regarding campaign decisions!

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 6d

New Yorkers deserve change they can measure in their own lives.

Our new Affordability Calculator shows exactly how much our plans would save your family on childcare, rent, and bus fare.

Check your savings → zohranfornyc.com/calculator

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Tristin Amezcua-Hogan @tah.bsky.social · 6d

My primary care doctor has a page on the office’s official website dedicated to the virtues of ranked choice voting and reminding you of the next election.

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KCUR (Kansas City's best news source) @kcur.org · 10d

Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance Vice Chair Michael Kelley says the poll shows that people across the metro will support public transit if their local governments invest in it, especially at a time when the state and federal governments are pulling back transit funding.

Voters across the Kansas City metro support a sales tax for better bus service, new poll finds

A new poll from the Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance found that voters in four counties across the metro would support a regional sales tax dedicated to bus service, even as soon as next year.

www.kcur.org

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Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance @kcrta.bsky.social · 9d

Our chair @tah.bsky.social is presenting at the KCATA Regional Mobility Summit this morning!

The topic -- results from our poll on transit funding. Learn more: kcrta.org/2025/10/02/k...

KCRTA Board Chair Tristin Amezcua-Hogan presents on recent poll data about public support for transit funding.

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Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance @kcrta.bsky.social · 10d

🚨ADVOCACY ALERT!🚨 KCRTA polling shows majority voter support for transit funding across the Kansas City region! 🧵 1 of 4:

Image from KCRTA. The text reads: "We believe that public transit funding is a REGIONAL problem. So we decided to hire the top transit pollster in the country to ask real voters in Jackson, Johnson, Clay, and Wyandotte Counties if they would vote to approve a sales tax that would fund a regional bus system. Here is what a majority of voters told us..."

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Tristin Amezcua-Hogan @tah.bsky.social · 11d

I’ve gotta assume this is it for Frank. This + results from the early vote out of eastern Jackson County should be it.

Brian Ellison @ptsbrian.bsky.social · 11d

First batch of results from the Kansas City Election Board:
YES 9199 (75%), NO 3011 (25%). There's no indication in the posting what percentage of the precincts are represented in those numbers. @kcur.org

Tristin Amezcua-Hogan @tah.bsky.social · 29d

This isn’t my usual content, but multiple bars in KC that usually have $10-$20 cover on weekends are advertising that they are cover free.

Recession coming. 🔜

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Tristin Amezcua-Hogan @tah.bsky.social · 29d

Hey folks, my wife is suing the government to prevent the unconstitutional gerrymander maps from going into place in Missouri.

Brief mention here:

Kansas City may sue Missouri over gerrymandered map that splits apart city

The new congressional map carves up Kansas City into three separate districts, fulfilling the wishes of President Trump to increase Republican power in Congress. Kansas City Council recently passed a ...

www.kcur.org

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Tristin Amezcua-Hogan @tah.bsky.social · Aug 29

Peggy would use it in secret

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Tristin Amezcua-Hogan @tah.bsky.social · Aug 29

This is the last step they take before they make Missouri right-to-work-for-less. (AGAIN!)

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · Aug 29

Damn…

Tristin Amezcua-Hogan @tah.bsky.social · Aug 29

Worth mentioning, both of his declared Dem primary opponents live in a different district now.

Tristin Amezcua-Hogan @tah.bsky.social · Aug 29

@drewsav.bsky.social 👀

Tristin Amezcua-Hogan @tah.bsky.social · Aug 29

whenever the bluesky version of election twitter does a partisan analysis of the new Missouri map, can someone share it?

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Tristin Amezcua-Hogan @tah.bsky.social · Aug 21

In Kansas City, MO last night, well over 500 people gathered at IBEW Local 124 for an anti-gerrymandering rally. This is the largest union hall in hundreds of miles and it was standing room only.

The only time this union hall has been more full in recent history was the anti-RTW-for-less fight.

MO Jobs with Justice Voter Action @mojwjva.bsky.social · Aug 21

📢Last night, folks in KC, Columbia & Springfield packed community meetings to make one thing clear: we’re not letting politicians continue to rig our elections with this nationwide illegal gerrymandering scheme.

This is people power in action, and we ain't done yet! @moworkers.org

Tristin Amezcua-Hogan @tah.bsky.social · Aug 21

And this is all with Johnson County, which just recently started being a "liberal" county and accounts for about 1/3rd of Kansas' GDP, banning public employees from unionizing. The state is also right-to-work-for-less!

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Tristin Amezcua-Hogan @tah.bsky.social · Aug 21

Worth mentioning, but despite Missouri being known for historically union-strong-ish cities like Kansas City and St. Louis, the State of Kansas actually has a higher union-density rate!

Topeka, Kansas was recently about as union-dense as the State of Hawaii!

Tristin Amezcua-Hogan @tah.bsky.social · Aug 6

Results still trickling in, but looking like union-endorsed candidates took first in all but one race (candidate took second and will advance to the general) in Wyandotte County/KCK's primaries today.

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Tristin Amezcua-Hogan @tah.bsky.social · Aug 21

If you don't follow @nwlaborpress.org, you should.

Fun story here from Don McIntosh, who, like me, runs one of the ten remaining labor newspaper's in the country. (His is a lot older!)

Against the odds, 125 years of telling labor’s story - NW Labor Press

It’s one of the last of its kind, but the Northwest Labor Press is in reasonably good health.

nwlaborpress.org

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Tristin Amezcua-Hogan @tah.bsky.social · Aug 16

Local journalism matters:

Mike McGrew @zavcurrent.bsky.social · Aug 16

No line at the High Hopes Ice Cream at the NW corner of the stadium. #PlayByPlay

Tristin Amezcua-Hogan @tah.bsky.social · Aug 6

Man, if you don’t follow @taniel.bsky.social you have to. Wonderful stuff.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · Aug 6

RESULT: Spencer Duncan & Henry McClure grab the top two spots in Topeka's 6-way mayoral election, and will move on to November's general election. Duncan will be heavily favored: He got 60%, and McClure got just 14%... though that was enough to finish 2nd.

Who is McClure? Here:

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · Aug 4

Meet one of the candidates running tomorrow:

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Tristin Amezcua-Hogan @tah.bsky.social · Aug 6

Tristin Amezcua-Hogan @tah.bsky.social · Aug 5

Missouri Media Folks: Does anyone know where that 7-1 Missouri redistricting map that is being circulated originated? Any sources?

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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · Aug 4

A particularly fascinating part of @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social's book, The Hammer, was his report on the emphasis the Culinary Workers Union places on continual *internal organizing*—ie, not taking already-unionized workers as a given. It's a key source of their superlative power amongst its peers.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · Aug 4

The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip. For the first time in its 90-year history, all major casinos on the Strip are unionized.

All major Las Vegas Strip casinos are now unionized in historic labor victory

The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip.

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megan farokhmanesh @megannicolett.bsky.social · Aug 4

Raven Software's union has ratified their first contract, three years after forming. Wins include a guaranteed 10-percent wage increase over two years, on top of merit-based raises

A guaranteed 10-percent wage increase over two years with additional raises through merit and promotions, after going 18 months without wage increases and 45 months without promotions;
The elimination of crunch time, with seven days’ notice required for mandatory overtime, no excessive overtime on back-to-back weeks, flexible scheduling of overtime, and no mandatory overtime of any duration for the majority of weeks in a quarter;
Bridging of time worked as a temporary or contract employee, defined job descriptions and a fair promotions process, expanded disability accommodations, and layoff protections including severance, recall rights, generous COBRA subsidies, and career transition services.

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