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Journeyman Electrician | Trade Unionist | Austin FC Supporter #LosVerdesATX #COYI

Austin, TX
Joined October 2016
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@theemrhammer
El Martillo ⚒️
10 months
Wow. They totally fucked up this really nice house.
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
I have more in common with any single person in the Iranian working class than I do with the CEO of Raytheon
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El Martillo ⚒️
4 years
IBEW member here. A sizable amount, and likely majority of leaders on the local level are furious about this. You’re about to see a lot of locals all over the country break ranks and endorse @BernieSanders
@ArletteSaenz
Arlette Saenz
4 years
. @JoeBiden picks up endorsement from the @IBEW , which has 775,000 members. “Joe has a long record of standing up for union members, and we believe it’s in the best interest of IBEW members to elect him our next president,” IBEW International President Lonnie Stephenson says
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El Martillo ⚒️
10 months
@kentookal YES! It’s supposed to be able to breathe!
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El Martillo ⚒️
10 months
@Jurassic_Liz You’re a monster.
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El Martillo ⚒️
10 months
Some people are actually seeing this and asking “Can I say something without y’all getting mad?”
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
Red Guards Austin have now started a “Dont Vote” campaign in Austin’s black and brown neighborhoods
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@theemrhammer
El Martillo ⚒️
10 months
@gusbova You know what I really hate? Landscaping.
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El Martillo ⚒️
1 month
Never in my life have I ever heard anyone refer to anything in Austin as the “Mexican Mile”.
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@theemrhammer
El Martillo ⚒️
10 months
@SaltyGoodness1 Austin hasn’t been for at least a decade. Texas not since 2021.
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
If it wasn’t for national anti-fascist networks, my union local would never have know that there was an Identity Europa member in our local making moves to gain influence in the local
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
@TclurFancy @thisisalabama Half of Austin is already forming a line
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
This is way cooler than people telling me we made HuffPo
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Black Socialists in America
5 years
The comrade in the video is @theemrhammer ! Y’all show this Texan some love and solidarity today! Repping our folks @CooperationJXN and the eco-socialist vision while standing up to paleocon rabble-rousers in the heart of the South... Now THAT’S refreshing. #SolidarityForever
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
He tried to get me to fight him him. Litigious MFer. I’m not taking that bait.
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
I’ve seen Incendiary News articles circulated in left groups recently, so I should point out for those who don’t realize that Incendiary News is the RGA propaganda blog. It’s complete horse shit and you should understand that before you consider it.
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El Martillo ⚒️
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@MollieKatzen Mad that he’s “not pure enough” is a funny way to say mad that he’s got us supporting a genocide.
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El Martillo ⚒️
7 months
There’s only one Stanley worth obsessing about.
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El Martillo ⚒️
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@HT0WNsports @DallasTexasTV Sidewalk are for pedestrians. It’s not safe for bikes or pedestrians to ride on a sidewalk. Bikes are supposed to be in the street.
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
All you eco-socialist homeowners out there should be organizing your neighbors right now to take over your HOAs and abolish lawns
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El Martillo ⚒️
4 years
Y’all check out @HeidiSloanForTX ! She’s the real deal and running a class struggle campaign for Congress!
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
This is blowing up, so I should give a plug. The Green New Deal is good and the building trades should lean in.
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
@MASTERBLAST0ISE Functionally, they might as well be COINTELPRO
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El Martillo ⚒️
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This is the only proposal on that table that’s actually trying to address immigration issues in the Americas.
@60Minutes
60 Minutes
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The president of Mexico’s proposal for stemming immigration includes: - The U.S. commit $20 billion a year to poor countries in Latin America and the Caribbean -Lift sanctions on Venezuela -End the Cuban embargo -Legalize law-abiding Mexicans living in the U.S.
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El Martillo ⚒️
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@SEIU @seiucalifornia @SEIU2015 @LaphonzaB Yet another example of why I never trust SEIU. They should be next in line for a full blown reform movement.
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3 months
I love how The Texas Capitol Complex is essentially state saying “Walkable car free boulevards for me, not for thee.”
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El Martillo ⚒️
2 years
@NE0GRIT This is clearly the town of South Bend, Indiana, where Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg cut his transit chops. Try a tougher one next time.
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
@sunrisebarnes @generalissima_ Ahh, yes. The exotic flavors of- *Checks notes* ...Chipotle
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El Martillo ⚒️
1 year
@slimeslinger All obvious BS aside, 1) That’s not a ground rod 2) I highly doubt they actually drove that copper pipe that whole way.
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El Martillo ⚒️
10 months
@TradNorm I'm actually with the Brits on the plugs thing. Their design is superior to those weak Euro plugs that fall out of the socket. What you need is a sturdy plug!
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El Martillo ⚒️
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@1848enjoyer Buddy we are in survival mode here
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El Martillo ⚒️
2 years
@crampell It’s almost like we collectively realized that hard work doesn’t actually net prosperity and the outlook is bleak no matter how much effort we put in.
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El Martillo ⚒️
2 months
All of this residential density is completely missing the point if you still have to walk >15 min in the Texas heat AND cross a highway in order to take care of regular errands.
@TheATX1
The ATX
2 months
Rainey update. Credit: Urbannizer
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@GHamm21 🤬🤬🤬
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El Martillo ⚒️
2 months
1) Those of us who work in the trades know that we need our fingers in order to do the job. 2) Marie is a business owner, not a worker 3) fuck sacrificing my digits for a wage
@RepMGP
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
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A new rule mandating finger-detection technology in table saws could raise costs by hundreds of dollars and result in a government-mandated monopoly. I introduced a bipartisan bill to protect consumer choice and block this mandate until the patents for this tech are made public.
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
@jeannedielmans @People4Bernie Are you seriously telling me that I have nothing in common with a human being in Iran? Wtf is wrong with you?
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El Martillo ⚒️
7 months
More restaurants and cocktail lounges should bring back the free custom matchbooks. Sure, many fewer people smoke these days, but everybody poops.
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El Martillo ⚒️
10 months
SEIU reform movement when?
@SEIU
SEIU
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As president of @seiucalifornia & @seiu2015 , Laphonza Butler was a tireless advocate for working people. We are excited for her to bring her talent & passion to her new role. Congratulations, Senator @LaphonzaB !
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@realardardalan @ChrisPTaco69 Nope. The hospital carries strike insurance. This is no sweat off their backs.
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El Martillo ⚒️
3 months
I was just doing some phone banking for labor and, just as I’ve been trying to warn the higher ups, I’m not in a bubble. Biden has lost the under 40 vote.
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
AFL-CIO: We need to stand for immigrants! Also AFL-CIO: We need to organize the Border Patrol!
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El Martillo ⚒️
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There’s nothing like a national labor conference to remind you that most of labor has absolutely no idea what it’s like to be union in a Right to Work state.
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
Al*x Jones is on a date here at Lucy’s Fried chicken South Congress
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El Martillo ⚒️
9 months
That's a weird way to say that the IDF just bombed a refugee camp.
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Israel confirms an IDF attack caused the massive blast at Gaza's largest refugee camp that has reportedly left many people dead and injured
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@crowbarcosmic Not even so much as a free breakfast
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El Martillo ⚒️
1 year
@madison_tayt I really really wish grocery stores would tell people that they can’t bring their dogs in their stores.
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El Martillo ⚒️
3 months
It’s so wild how true this is. Every time I’ve stood toe to toe with a police line, I would look as many in the eyes as I could thinking that they must be asking themselves “What are we even doing here?”, but I’ve never seen a hint of self-reflection in their eyes.
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molly conger
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it shouldn’t surprise me anymore, but it’s so wild to me that you don’t ever see a cop have a moral crisis on the riot line. there’s not a moment where they realize, i do not have to be here beating these people. they can set their baton down and walk away. but they never do.
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
@D_Biddy1 Surprising no. Even knew people were ready to stand their ground instead of walk away when they tried to wreck our big ass canvass today
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El Martillo ⚒️
4 months
I’ve heard this means Tesla went “woke”. Can anyone confirm?
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El Martillo ⚒️
10 months
I’m so unbelievably upset that this dumb ass website has turned me into the Biden defender. I fucking hate you all.
@SamMorecroft
Sam Morecroft
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Also arguably one of the worst strike breakers ever to hold the office of President.
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El Martillo ⚒️
1 year
@PEWilliams_ I can’t tell if this is a bit or not
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El Martillo ⚒️
4 years
@saddamshaikh1 @BernieSanders Fuck that. Dissent! Dissent! Dissent!
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2 years
@lakeeater How do you propose that striking workers should respond to scabs?
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
This org is and will increasingly become a target of fascists no matter what we do
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2 years
@crampell If we’re not going to be well compensated for our time, then we’ll take back our time.
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El Martillo ⚒️
10 months
Americans when Nazis march in their town: I don’t agree with them, but they have a right to say it. Americans when people rally for Palestinians: They need to be expelled, fired, and doxxed.
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El Martillo ⚒️
9 months
Equating the protestors with the Charlottesville neo-Nazis?!?! REALLY?!?!
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Adam Johnson
9 months
I mean what else do you say to this. Just completely libelous and gross
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El Martillo ⚒️
1 year
Let her cook
@marwilliamson
Marianne Williamson
1 year
One of the first things I’d do as president is cancel all government contracts with union busters. #Marianne2024
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
Why are we do any of this if we’re afraid of Right wing legislators labeling us terrorists? Have you never hear of the Red Scare and McCarthyism?
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Not just Daniel Perry. This is encouragement for violence from anyone as long as it’s in line with the Christo-fascist agenda.
@SomewhereinATX
Somewhere In ATX
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What happens when Daniel Perry kills again?
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El Martillo ⚒️
2 years
@lakeeater I’m talking about today
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El Martillo ⚒️
11 months
Using the bike lane as a parking lot? What’s @APD going to do? Cite themselves?
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
@MattyVancouver @iammilkyg @Shanemgillis He’s about to unmake it on SNL
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El Martillo ⚒️
1 year
It’s reasonable to not date anyone who works in HR as a rule, right?
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2 years
Respect
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El Martillo ⚒️
9 months
Rashida Tlaib has been censured, yet this guy gets to just keep running his mouth?
@SenMullin
Markwayne Mullin
9 months
Too often, big union bosses intimidate, threaten, and bully employees and job creators to get their way. That might work on some people, but not on me. Yesterday I made it clear: in Oklahoma, you don't issue a challenge unless you're going to answer the call.
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El Martillo ⚒️
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@SenFettermanPA What does getting the job done look like exactly?
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
@JeffreyCook74 “Voting is bourgeois and us running a socialist for Congress is counter revolutionary”
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El Martillo ⚒️
2 years
If you take away all of the legal means of power, then people will be forced to turn to illegal means. Once people get used to crossing legal and moral lines, continuing to cross such lines ceases to be a big deal. You reap what you sow.
@MorePerfectUS
More Perfect Union
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NEW: This Supreme Court case could devastate workers’ right to strike. If wealthy corporations get their way, companies would be able to sue workers for the cost of a strike — like spoiled food, lost revenue, and more. It would be a massive setback for the working class.
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 months
One of Save Austin Now’s biggest donors is local businessman Bryan Hardeman, who was just arrested on charges of arson and burglary. These people claim to that crime is running rampant but it’s just projection as we always knew it was. His family’ll plead for mercy from the DA
@stop_sweeps_atx
UnDo 512 #Stop Cop City
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Another near quarter of their donations come from a handful of other real estate interests, including Bryan and Will Hardeman, involved in a Condo development deal with Nate Paul. Paul is currently wrapped up in former TX AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment scandal.
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El Martillo ⚒️
8 months
Education Austin joins IBEW Local 520 and the Austin Central Labor Council in calling for a ceasefire in Gaza!!! Y’all going to let Austin Labor show the rest of y’all up like that?! #CeasefireForGaza #FreePalaestine
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
@thehill Right on
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
I really can’t stress enough how dangerous not being aware of this fascist would have been to the gains that we’ve made organizing POC and especially immigrant workers now only with us, but with other great local orgs that we work with
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
@en3myzero @Ashlee_withanE Don’t ever apologize for that
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El Martillo ⚒️
1 year
@KennethRWebster Cyclist: taps your car with his hand You, the driver: is my car totaled?
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El Martillo ⚒️
4 years
@saddamshaikh1 @BernieSanders This isn’t some minor disagreement. This is about the very fabric of our existence and continued survival.
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El Martillo ⚒️
9 months
Ryans are sensitive about constantly being called “Bryan”, but I can’t be mad about the way the lady at the taco truck took down my name this morning.
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
@tliou @wfaa "I shot an innocent man and he didn't deserve...". That’s called murder in the first degree. We’ve given the death penalty in this state for less.
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
For real though, why is the mayor of some town I know jack shit about in god damn who gives a fuck Indiana getting more coverage than US Senator Elizabeth Warren?
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El Martillo ⚒️
2 months
@atxREpodcast @tthomas48 Because people are wasting so much water, a limited resource, on plants that aren't fit to survive in this climate.
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El Martillo ⚒️
9 months
You know what I love about hotels? I don’t have to make a profile and “tell my host about why I’m excited to stay in their place” like they try to get you to do at Air Bnb This is a business transaction and Im paying too much money for your furnished landlord special. Fuck you
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
@iheartmindy @Starbucks Hi Mindy, Thank you for the @. We value your Twitter account. We at Starbucks feel that we need to take a stand against Christmas, Jesus, and America. I’m promoting this manager to VP and awarding him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. With comradely greetings, Charles Schulz
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
@WidnerLindy @andrewpartytime @profmusgrave Let's see here, statistics vs anecdote? Hmmmmm
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El Martillo ⚒️
2 years
I haven’t vaped in a week and I’ve been nicotine free for four days.
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
@Alyssa_Milano Did you just get here?
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El Martillo ⚒️
10 months
People truly have the memory of goldfish like y’all don’t remember the shameful reaction to 9/11. I would be a bit more thoughtful if I were you instead of beating war drums and talking about glassing entire peoples. There are more receipts now, you wont be forgotten.
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El Martillo ⚒️
11 months
Wow! I’m looking over this Austin real estate portal and it looks like rental prices have been plummeting over the last few months. DO NOT ACCEPT AN INCREASE ON YOU RENT!
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@theemrhammer
El Martillo ⚒️
2 years
@UnionBrian @thehousered I’m not a fan of SAlt, but to be fair, a lot of socialists have a bad habit of doing this sort of stuff. Solidarity =\= telling workers what they should be fighting for or taking over their struggles because they’re not doing it that way that you want them to.
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El Martillo ⚒️
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El Martillo ⚒️
5 years
The Texas IBEW and Texas USW, after much deliberation and negotiation, just agreed to my modified resolution!!! It just unanimously passed the Resolutions Committee!!!
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El Martillo ⚒️
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@DanielLubetzky I'm not reading all of that, but I'm happy for you or sorry that it happened. Anyway, I'm about to go vote for Jose Garza.
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