Maya Sgaravato-Grant

Hundreds of Amazon Coventry workers strike on Black Friday

Over 1000 workers went on strike at Amazon’s Coventry distribution warehouse on Black Friday, as part of what unions have described as the “biggest ever global walk out” in the company’s history.     On 24 November, workers formed a picket line outside the warehouse, waving flags of GMB, a...
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Posted Dec. 6, 2023

Coventry MP votes for Gaza ceasefire

Coventry South MP, Zarah Sultana, was one of 56 Labour parliamentarians who broke the party line on 15 November by voting in favour of a motion advocating for an “immediate” ceasefire in Gaza. The motion was tabled by the Scottish National Party as an amendment to the King’s Speech, which...
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Posted Nov. 28, 2023

What is the future of Indigenous Australians’ struggle for equality?

Only a few months ago, spirits in Australia’s indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities had been high. Polling had showed the majority of Australians likely to accept the proposal to create an indigenous ‘Voice’ to Parliament in the upcoming referendum, which would have seen the right of First Nations...
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Posted Nov. 13, 2023

Bus fares to remain cheaper for longer in Warwickshire

The £2 fare cap on most local buses is to remain in place until December 2024, after prices had been set to rise in October. The majority of passengers in Warwickshire and around England will pay no more than £2 for a single journey, regardless of distance travelled. This is part of a scheme that Warwickshire County Council...
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Posted Nov. 4, 2023

When it comes to rape why is justice so hard for women to find?

TW: mentions of rape and sexual assault Earlier this year, former Manchester United player Mason Greenwood had charges of attempted rape, assault and coercive control dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service, who cited an “(un)realistic prospect of conviction”. This may have come as a surprise to some who remembered the...
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Posted Aug. 6, 2023