It is shown that if $\lambda$ is a multiple of a fundamental weight of $\mathfrak{ sl}_k$, the lower global basis of the irreducible $U_q(\mathfrak{ sl}_k)$-representation $V^{ \lambda}$ with highest weight $\lambda$ comprises the disjoint union of the lower global bases of the irreducible $U_q(\mathfrak{ sl}_{ k-1})$-representations appearing in the decomposition of the restriction of $V^{ \lambda}$ to $U_q(\mathfrak{ sl}_{ k-1})$. Rhoades's description of the action of the long cycle on the dual canonical basis of $V^{ \lambda}$ is then deduced from Berenstein--Zelevinsky's description of the action of the long element. This yields a short proof of Rhoades's result on tableaux fixed under promotion which directly relates it to Stembridge's result on tableaux fixed under evacuation.
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