Minimum wage increase in 2022: 14,000 people in the Erding district benefit from it

Created: 12/30/2021, 12:07 PM

More in the wallet: employees in hotels, restaurants, bakeries and butchers benefit particularly when the minimum wage rises to 12 euros.

The NGG union calls on the new federal government to get the planned increase off the ground as quickly as possible.

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Those who earn little could soon have a lot more in their wallet: The traffic light coalition in Berlin is planning a significantly higher statutory minimum wage of 12 euros per hour - 2.40 euros more than before. In the district of Erding alone, 14,010 people would benefit from this - that's 20 percent of all employees in the district. The food-gourmet-restaurants union (NGG) refers to this and relies on an analysis by the Pestel Institute in Hanover. According to this, 3,100 employees currently work in the Erding district at a minimum wage of currently just 9.60 euros per hour. Another 10,910 people are higher, but still earn less than 12 euros.

“The promised increase in the minimum wage to 12 euros is a milestone. This will significantly increase the incomes of many employees in the region - especially in hotels, restaurants, bakeries and butchers. They often work for wages that are not enough to live on - also because companies undermine negotiated collective agreements, ”says Manuel Halbmeier, managing director of the NGG region Rosenheim-Oberbayern.

The NGG union is now calling on the new federal government to get the minimum wage raised quickly. “The aim of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP must be to get the 12 euro hourly wage in the first '100 days of traffic lights'. From waiter to bakery saleswoman - if you have to turn every penny twice to pay your rent, every month counts, ”emphasizes Halbmeier. The NGG had been campaigning for a statutory minimum wage of 12 euros for years.

The increase in the minimum wage would not only benefit low-wage earners, but also the regional economy: According to the Pestel Institute, purchasing power in the Erding district would increase by around 23 million euros per year and generate higher sales for companies. “If you have a rather low income anyway, you can usually not put any of it on the high edge. This means that almost every euro that minimum wage employees have extra at the end of the month goes into consumption. A large part of it is given out on site. When going to a restaurant or cinema - or to buy something new for the household, ”says Halbmeier.

A strong increase in the lower wage limit is also important in view of the current high inflation rate.

"If the minimum wage climbs quickly to 12 euros, employees would de facto have significantly more in their pockets despite the price increase," explains the trade unionist.

The head of the NGG region Rosenheim-Oberbayern appeals to the local members of the Bundestag to approve the planned minimum wage increase in Berlin: "That after years of escalation in the low-wage sector people can live better from their work again should not be a question of the party book.

It is overdue in a rich country like Germany. "

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