Cumnock and New Cumnock councillor Jim McMahon is set to put forward a motion to full council to remember the miners' strike of 1984.
Thousands of Ayrshire miners downed tools on Friday, March 9, 1984, where they were fighting to preserve generations of history.
They believed Margaret Thatcher's government, supported by the National Coal Board (NCB), wanted to destroy the industry.
Jim McMahon, now an East Ayrshire councillor representing Cumnock and New Cumnock, was a miner from Logan when National Union of Miners leader Arthur Scargill called the strike.
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He previously told the Chronicle: "I knew the devastation that was going to follow. They took away the jobs and ripped the heart out of communities."
Jim himself was arrested when miners picketed North Ayrshire's Hunterston ore terminal in May 1984 to stop "scab coal" being brought in from overseas.
Now, 40 years on, he's set to put forward a motion when full council convenes next week.
The motion states: “That East Ayrshire Council acknowledge the 40th anniversary of the Miners’ Strike of 1984, and its objectives of preserving the communities in stature, culture and employment”
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