Labor Relations in Ancient Egypt- Part I

Afterlives of Ancient Egypt with Kara Cooney

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Labor Relations in Ancient Egypt- Part I

Episode #70 — With the growing number of labor disputes and strikes around the world, Kara and Jordan delve into how labor was organized and issues settled in ancient Egypt. Part one of two.

Jordan Galczynski

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Kara Cooney

Dec 11, 2023

Transcript

EPISODE 70 | With the growing number of labor disputes and strikes around the world, Kara and Jordan delve into how labor was organized and issues settled in ancient Egypt. Part one of two.

Sources:

Papyrus Stories- The First Recorded Strike in History
Turin Strike Papyrus
Edgerton, William F. “The Strikes in Ramses III’s Twenty-Ninth Year.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies, vol. 10, no. 3, 1951, pp. 137–45. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/542285. Accessed 11 Dec. 2023.
Wente, Edward F. “A Letter of Complaint to the Vizier To.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies, vol. 20, no. 4, 1961, pp. 252–57. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/543915. Accessed 11 Dec. 2023.