At the #BigMeeting in Durham @PatrickR_NASUWT said the trade union movement and its values would bring hope to workplaces and communities in the midst of the cost of living crisis. 
He said: "Today we have a government that has left the country in disarray and despair.
They failed to keep their promises. They failed to keep workers and families safe during the pandemic and during the cost of living crisis."
They failed to keep their promises. They failed to keep workers and families safe during the pandemic and during the cost of living crisis."
"They are a government that has inflicted so much damage on so many for so long. And now it is time for a change."
Dr Roach added: "The country owes a huge debt to our key workers for everything they have done and more, they deserve respect and to be treated with dignity."
He said showing respect to public sector workers for everything they have done started with a proper pay rise.
Dr Roach added: "We will ballot our members nationally for industrial action if the Government does not deliver the restorative pay award that our members demand and deserve."
Dr Roach went on: "We will not stand by whilst teachers who have given there all are pushed to the brink, forced to leave their jobs because of the way they are being treated by this government."
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