David Reamer<p>The July 1953, Anchorage hotel and restaurant workers strike closed 54 of 77 eateries in town. The rest agreed to raises. Visitors struggled to find food. I wrote about it in 2021 (<a href="https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2021/03/14/in-1953-anchorage-restaurant-workers-were-unionized-and-had-the-power-to-shut-down-almost-every-restaurant-in-town/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">adn.com/alaska-life/2021/03/14</span><span class="invisible">/in-1953-anchorage-restaurant-workers-were-unionized-and-had-the-power-to-shut-down-almost-every-restaurant-in-town/</span></a>). <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/laborday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laborday</span></a></p>