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YOUR VOICE - IN THE BOOK OF GRIEVANCES
Signaller calls for training, not Asbos
APPRENTICESHIPS should be brought out of the wilderness, says a 19-year-old transport worker.
Michael Livingstone from Islington works as a signaller at Rayners Lane station. Adding his voice to the Book of Grievances campaign supported by the New Journal, he said: “I would say to the politicians instead of looking at Asbos and punishments, maybe they should try to help people by giving them something to do.
“Instead of slapping a label on them and saying they’ve got no hope, politicians should give them projects or an apprenticeship, courses. These are things that can help them. It will give them the chance to do something they could enjoy – instead of saying ‘you can get a job in McDonald’s doing something you hate.’
“That way they wouldn’t need all these Asbos and different punishments.”
Mr Livingstone, from Caledonian Road, was in the middle of doing his A-Levels when the opportunity to be a signaller came up two years ago. Transport for London only offer 12 places a year to apprentice signallers.
“There’s got to be thousands of people around London that would like to be on a apprenticeship - and that’s just London,” he warned.
Mr Livingstone is also an apprentice representative for the Rail, Maritime and Transport union.
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