On New Year’s Day 1863, the Confederacy managed to break the Union blockade choking its ports by capturing Galveston, Texas.

France's CGT trade union said it planned to hold more strikes this week and would also look to blockade certain gas facilities such as LNG terminals and underground reserves, as discontent grows ...

Ten months into the Civil War, the Union was short on a crucial supply, the absence of which threatened to sap the fighting strength of the Northern army: coffee. This critical source of energy and ...

Wilmington’s Cape Fear Civil War Round Table guest speaker will be Robert M. Browning Jr. talking about the Union blockade. Browning, retired chief historian of the U.S. Coast Guard, is the ...

President of the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) Mohammed Tahir was yesterday detained by the Department of State Services over the blockade of supply of ...

The Canadian Auto Workers union has said it’s not surprised General Motors went to court in a bid to end the blockade of its Canadian headquarters in Oshawa. GM served notice in court on Tuesday that ...

TORONTO, June 16 (Reuters) - The Canadian Auto Workers union ended its blockade of General Motors of Canada's headquarters in Oshawa, Ontario on Monday, allowing about 900 employees to return to work ...

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. suspended production in Panama as a blockade of boats restricts key supplies to one of the world’s biggest and newest copper mines. “Cobre Panama is no longer operating at ...

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On February 17, 1864, Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley attacked and sank USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor, killing five Union sailors. Hunley became the first submarine to sink an enemy warship, ...

SANTIAGO, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Union workers said on Wednesday they lifted a blockade that halted mining at the massive Chuquicamata copper mine complex and affected Chile's Codelco overall production ...

A dispute over the drivers who move newly built Chrysler Pacifica minivans away from the Windsor Assembly Plant could affect production there if it's not resolved in the coming days. Unifor, the union ...