Jane Komori

is a PhD candidate in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California Santa Cruz. She is a labor organizer who was involved in the 2019-20 wildcat strike for a Cost of Living Adjustment at UC Santa Cruz, and now organizes with Rank and File Action.

How to Run a Wildcat Strike Fund

How to Run a Wildcat Strike Fund

The following is therefore meant to be a practical, albeit imperfect and incomplete, account for anyone considering starting a fund like ours. It is also meant to offer some insight into how a strike fund, especially where you would not usually find one, (as with a wildcat strike or other organization of workers not represented by a union with deep pockets) can shape the form and capacity of labor actions.