Union activists in Kirklees are to remember miners who took part in the pit strike of the mid-1980s.
Kirklees Unison has commissioned a commemorative plate to mark the 30th anniversary.
These will be presented to any branch member who was a miner or the partner of a miner.
Unison wants to remember the “sacrifice” of those pit workers who joined the picket lines in the 1984-85 strikes.
The plates will be presented by National Union of Mineworkers’ general secretary Chris Kitchen, who comes from Thornhill, Dewsbury.
The presentation will be made at the Unison branch annual meeting at Huddersfield Town Hall on March 6.
So far 10 former miners and five partners have come forward.
The Grange Moor Colliery Brass Band will play at the meeting.
Branch secretary Paul Holmes said the strike was “probably the most momentous domestic event” in Britain since 1945.
He added: “The attack on the miners laid the foundation for a Government attack on all the working people of this country, an attack on services and public ownership, an attack on terms and conditions and an attack on trade union rights.”
Mr Holmes said the attacks led to the collapse of the country’s infrastructure and was responsible for a rise in energy prices.
“Electricity prices would be 25% of what they are today if the attack on the miners hadn’t happened and the pits had stayed open.”
Mr Holmes said the branch had supported the miners as much as it could during the strike.
