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The record is the Turin Strike Papyrus. The Deir el-Medina workmen, who cut the royal tombs, found their grain rations late and walked off the job, reportedly saying 'we are hungry'. Some rations were paid, but the unrest dragged on.

Weirdly enough, the Babylonian Flood myth, which is arguably older, starts out with a general strike among and class struggle among the gods. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...