Workers Tap & Cafe

In this house we believe in standing in solidarity with oppressed people, not just in our city, but all around the world. Many Portland businesses showed their support for the Black Lives Matter movement during the George Floyd Uprising of 2020, and we commend them for that. Right now Palestinians are facing a genocidal onslaught from the Israeli state in which thousands of people have been killed and around one million have been displaced in Gaza. This ethnic cleansing is fueled by our government’s financial and military backing, and funded with our tax dollars. The struggle against racist police violence and imperialism abroad are inextricably linked. Look no further than the joint training exercises in Israel between the Israeli military and many US police forces, including the Portland Police, dubbed the “deadly exchange” by Jewish Voice for Peace. Americans in particular cannot remain silent as our government funds genocide abroad and trains our police forces with the tactics of an occupying army. We call on other Portland businesses to show the same solidarity they did for Black Lives Matter in 2020 with Palestine today. We wish to express our solidarity with Palestinians not just in words, but as a business with our money. Every night for the next week we will be donating 10% of all our sales to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, an organization that provides humanitarian aid and emergency medical care on the ground in Palestine. Our bartenders will be joining the bar in donating 10% of our tips as well. Free Palestine. - Workers Tap co-owners

Announcing T4T Coffee Hour! The Trans Agenda is expanding its reach to Sundays. Join us for a trans and non-binary social every Sunday from 11am to 2pm. Our baristas will be whipping up a t4t only exclusive coffee drink for the event, but the full coffee menu of espresso, lattes, matcha, chai, cold brew, etc. is available. Workers Tap & Cafe 101 SE 12th Ave 11am-2pm

Trans and non-binary social every Friday! Drop by anytime at this all-inclusive event. Honey Lavender cider encouraged but not required 😉 Workers Tap 101 SE 12th Ave 7pm - midnight

Rolling out new Summer Hours, starting tomorrow. 🌞🌲🌊🏄‍♀️ Sunday to Thursday: 9 AM - 11 PM Friday: 9 AM - 1 AM Saturday: 9 AM - 12 AM

Happy Mother’s Day 💐 This Mother’s Day we are honoring mothers effected by I.C.E. We will be donating 10% off our sales tomorrow 5/10 to a mother who’s family was greatly effected by immigration. Her community sees her and is in solidarity with her. If you would like to help spread the love, come in tomorrow and purchase a coffee, pastry or beverage. 🤍

Have you ever wondered what, exactly, a union is and what it does? Are you curious about how you can get started at your own workplace? Do you already belong to a union but love to hear from and talk to other union members? Join us for Union Chats, a new learning and discussion series from Workers Tap & Cafe. We’ve invited union organizers to come talk about their experience with unions and answer your questions. Portland IWW Saturday, May 16 4 - 5 PM 101 SE 12th AVE Eddie Charlton AFSCME, Jobs with Justice Saturday, May 30 4 - 5 PM 101 SE 12th AVE The Industrial Workers of the World is a member-run union for all workers, a union dedicated to organizing on the job, in our industries and in our community. The Portland chapter has helped several local independent unions get their start. Yours could be next! Eddie Charlton has years of experience union organizing, both as a worker and as union staff. In the course of his work as an Organizer and Representative for Oregon AFSCME he recently helped Research Workers United, a new union of 1,700 biomedical research employers at OHSU, ratify their first contract. Eddie is also an executive board member of Portland Jobs with Justice, a community coalition taking action for workers rights and economic justice. This is a free, all-ages event. If you would like to support the venue, we have a wide range of beverages available for purchase: coffee, tea, sodas, beer, wine & cider. Food from @tehuana2 . This event will be held in an ADA-accessible area. If you are interested in representing your org at a future Union Chat, please contact us at [email protected]!

Today is International Workers’ Day, May Day! May Day is an official holiday in 95+ countries in the world. Ironically, it is not a recognized holiday in the country where it originated, the United States. May Day’s roots are in radical strike action and the demand for the eight hour work day. In 1884, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions (later the American Federation of Labor) held a national convention in Chicago. One of the resolutions to come out of the convention declared, "Eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labor from and after May 1, 1886." The demand eventually unified much of the radical left behind it. After two years of organizing by countless trade unionists, anarchists, and communists, hundreds of thousands of workers began a general strike on May 1st, 1886. All of them unified around the eight hour work day demand. 40,000 workers in Chicago went on strike on May 1st with a series of marches, rallies, and speeches. By May 3rd their numbers swelled to 100,000 workers on strike. At a rally at McCormick Reaper Works the police attempted to disperse the striking crowd, and the cops killed two demonstrators while injuring many more. On May 4th, a rally was called at Haymarket Square to discuss the actions of the police and continue the call for the eight hour day. The rally was attended by families and children, and the Mayor of Chicago even showed up as an attendee. Near the end of the speeches the police claimed speakers were using "inflammatory language” and attempted to disperse the crowd through violence. In this commotion a homemade bomb was thrown into a crowd of police. The police responded by opening fire into the crowd, killing at least 8 civilians with many more wounded. The police blamed anarchists for throwing the bomb, while others claimed it was an undercover cop trying to incite crackdowns. *Continued in comments* /press

Today! One day only special. Pineapple Upside Down Matcha. On April 28th, 1945 Italian Partisans captured the fleeing fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini, in a village on Lake Como. He spent some time upside down in the town square so all could see that the dictator had been truly toppled. Join us in celebrating the toppling of dictators and fascist regimes tomorrow. Bella ciao

The sun is back for good and all our outdoor areas are in full swing. Enjoy a beer at 4 different spots around the outside of our tap house. Beer model pictured: @rosenstadt_brewery Hefeweizen

Announcing a new cider collab on tap! We’re working with Son of Man to bring you a special cider for the summer, Mondragon. As with all their ciders, it is a Basque style cider: bright, wild, and dry. Mondragon uses 60% Jonagold apples from Upper Valley Farms on the backside of Mt. Hood in Parkdale, and 40% Muscadet de Dieppe apples from EZ Orchards in the Willamette Valley. It has tasting notes of golden raspberry and honeydew. But why “Mondragon”? Mondragon Cooperative Group is the largest worker co-op collective in the world. It includes 70,000 workers in over 80 different cooperatives. Mondragon is located in the Basque Country (within Spain), and was formed in 1956 despite harsh political conditions during Franco’s fascist dictatorship. Their democratic and collaborative processes ensured their survival through difficult political and economic conditions in Spain, and they are still thriving today. We collaborated with Son of Man to offer one of their outstanding Basque style ciders named in honor of Mondragon; to tie our little collective to their huge one. Available now!

Sunday, April 26th, join us for our monthly T4T Community Closet! Grab a drink and some new clothes. If you have clothing that needs rehoming bring it by, but remember that you don’t have to bring clothes to take clothes! Please limit donations to one trash bag without prior permission from the organizer. Sunday, April 26th Workers Tap & Cafe, 101 SE 12th T4T Community Closet: 11 AM - 8 PM (last Sunday of every month) T4T Coffee Hour: 11 AM - 2 PM (every Sunday) Masks are required in the basement and extras will be on hand if you forget to bring your own. The basement is accessed from inside via a set of stairs and from outside via a ramp, but please note the ramp is a bit too steep to meet ADA requirements. This is a free, all-ages event. If you would like to support the cafe/bar, there are a range of beverages and snacks available for purchase. There is also an incredible, family-run food cart on our patio (@tehuana2 )!

PORTLAND! Who is ready to show their solidarity this MAY DAY with a new tattoo? @mortalemblem @fromthemargins @obritztattoos @momonatori are doing a flash day to help raise funds for the @workerstap Strike Fund this Friday, April 24th from 12-7pm. Come on down to Mortal Emblem, 3333 SE Belmont St to fortify the strike fund in time for May Day actions! ❤️‍🔥 -Sign ups start at 11:30 am -All designs $80-200 -+$20 for color -+$20 for placements other than arms + legs