In fact, one of the first recorded instances of a general strike by workers happened in ancient Egypt.
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1089/the-first-labor-strike-in-history/
In fact, one of the first recorded instances of a general strike by workers happened in ancient Egypt.
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1089/the-first-labor-strike-in-history/
I mean, it depends on your view of wage labor and the Egyptian system of taxation that ultimately funded these tombs.
But as we understand it, Egyptian laborers were paid in commoditized agricultural surplus. I believe garlic was a big part of it.
The strike document specifically mentions that the workers hadn't received the beer and onions they were due.
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