Essex County Association of Trades Councils is organising a one-day conference on the role of local trade unionists and activists in supporting the miners during the year-long strike that began in 1984.

The event takes place at Friends Meeting House, Chelmsford CM1 2QL on Saturday 9 March, and admission is free.

Speakers include:

• Matt Foot, author of Charged. How the police try to suppress protest;

• Jim Westover author of Penknife, a novel about Colchester and the miners’ strike;

• Speaker from the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom;

• Activists from Chelmsford, Harlow, Colchester Miners Support Groups; and

• Bill Hodge Convenor of West Thurrock Power Station during the strike.

Reserve a place.