🚨40th Anniversary of the miners' strike🚨 Four decades ago, in 1984, the National Union of Mineworkers and UK coal mining communities engaged in year-long strike to defend their livelihoods and the coal mining industry from a government intent on industrial vandalism. 40 years on, miners and their communities are still campaigning for justice for the events that unfolded at Orgreave. Sharon Graham - General Secretary, Unite the Union will be addressing those in attendance at the annual Miners M