LUL’s casualisation plans will consign most CSAs to years on the gateline - and other station grades to be stuck where they are - rather than getting promoted:

• LUL is unfairly preventing applicants getting promotions that you deserve. Less than 10% of internal applicants for recent train driver recruitment campaigns have got through the selection and training. We do not believe that less than one-tenth of you are capable of driving trains! Those who have got through to the training are finding that most of the class are external applicants.
• Many CSAs who have got through the initial assessment – for example, for SAMF, Station Supervisor or RCI – are having to wait months or even years to go on training or to nominate a promotional post.
• Ticket office closures could see hundreds of SAMF posts lost.
• Losing the principle of 24/7 station supervision could see hundreds of Station Supervisor posts lost.

This is another reason why it is worth sacrificing a few days’ pay now – because if we do not put up an effective fight now, your chance of a higher pay rate in the future will be decimated. Not striking would cost you a lot more in the long run.