3,150-year-old papyrus reveals the world’s earliest recorded labour strike.

[adapalmer@wandering.shop]

3,150-year-old papyrus reveals the world’s earliest recorded labour strike. New analysis of the Turin Strike Papyrus—a detailed account from 1157 BCE—shows how artisans building the royal tombs at Deir el-Medina staged a coordinated walkout after going 18 days without grain rations. The document reads like an ancient industrial dispute: workers blocking gates, sending written demands to officials, and ultimately winning emergency payments. https://collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/material/Cat_1880
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[rojun@mastodon.social]

@adapalmer Oh, I thought that was in 400 BC by the plebeians of Rome

[valhalla@social.gl-como.it]

@rojun @adapalmer the whole plebeians thing in Rome was more a new money vs old money thing, nobody expected the actual workers to get access to the positions of power that got opened to plebeians