Militant/Laura Anderson

Teamsters Local 665 members picket Avis Rent-A-Car in San Jose, California, June 17. The unionists walked out 10 days earlier to fight company demands to almost double their medical payments and accept a minimal wage increase. Forty-two service agents are on strike.

Striker José Sandoval said the wage increase proposed by the bosses of 60 cents an hour each year of a five-year contract would be cancelled out by higher medical payments. “We voted to strike because of the bad offer and because we had confidence that we could unite and stay together,” he stated.

“This is the first time I’ve been on strike, and it’s true of all the workers here,” said Balhir Singh, as he picketed in front of the Avis maintenance facility.

—BETSEY STONE  
 
 
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