Green youth demands minimum wages for young people: one step into the future!

Green youth demands minimum wages for young people: one step into the future!

At her Federal Congress in Leipzig, the Green Youth has formulated an important demand: it would also like to introduce the statutory minimum wage for young people. The debates at the congress not only focused on personnel changes, but also searched for important content impulses. The application for the abolition of Paragraph 22 of the Minimum wage law was accepted with a clear majority.

This paragraph states that young people under the age of 18 are excluded from the statutory lower limit without completing their vocational training. From the perspective of the green youth, this is discrimination because it enables young interns to be exploited as "cheap labor". There are also exceptions to compulsory internships and short internships during or in parallel to study and training.

background of the application

The discussion about the minimum wage has become increasingly important in recent years. From the beginning of the year, a border of EUR 12.41 gross per hour was determined in Germany. This shows how important it is for the green youth to take into account the group of young people in the economic framework. "It cannot be that the youngest and weakest in the system are in the back," said a spokesman for the youth organization.

This attitude clearly stands out from the previous regulation that provides inadequate protective mechanisms for young people in professional life. The green youth sees this an urgent need for action. In order to create a balance in remuneration, a statutory minimum wage is essential for all young people. This strengthens the equal opportunities in the world of work and the financial uncertainty that many young people experience should be reduced.

The need for adaptation is also underlined by the living costs increased in recent years. Fair wages are of enormous importance in particular for the youthful target group, which is often still in training or is just just entering their professional life. If these topics are not addressed, this could lead to long -term disadvantage.

The Green Youth not only initiated an important discussion in the party with this demand, but also in broader society. The demand is in the context of further socio -political debates on the fair payment and the rights of employees of all age groups. As the Green Youth explains, this is not just about numbers on a pay slip, but about the appreciation of work and the dignity of young people in the work process.

Some experts see this requirement a perspective for a broader social movement that puts more equality and social justice in the foreground. It remains to be seen how politics reacts to this initiative and whether necessary changes will actually be decided in the near future. Questions that now also take up the public and the media could increase the pressure on decision -makers to deal intensively with this topic.

The Green Youth not only decided on an application, but also started a process. The way to the statutory minimum wage for young people could be a door opener for a fairer working world in which young people are no longer disadvantaged. It remains exciting to see which steps will follow next and whether good intentions are implemented in concrete political measures.