A programme to recruit more young members to the Communications Workers Union (CWU) and fast-track them to senior positions has received a boost of nearly £80,000 from the Union Modernisation Fund. The £2.8m fund, awarded to 28 recipients in total including the CWU, was announced at the TUC conference last week by employment relations minister Pat McFadden. The postal and telecom sectors' union developed its Youth Empowerment Strategy to ensure young people's voices were better heard, said Simon Sapper, the CWU's national youth officer. "We have about 27,000 members under 30, but we know that they are under-represented in decision-making and senior...