On 27 August 1944, just under a year after the formation of the GWU itself, the union organised a rally for young workers and on that that day the Young Workers Movement was launched. The first Executive Committee meeting was held on May 11, 1945.

Over the years, the Young Workers Movement grew in its importance within the folds of the GWU and ever since it has gained to seats on the Union's National council.

It is worth mentioning that from the Youth Movement emerged not only most of the union leaders, but also prominent politicians. In fact one of its first female members, Agatha Barbara, was in her later years, after serving for many years in various ministerial posts, appointed the first female President of the Republic of Malta.

The section is very active in the international sphere and it has been elected, for many years, a member of the Executive Committee of the European Trade Union Confederation's Youth Section.

Since 1999, when the union was undergoing a restructuring process, the Youth Movement became known as the Youth Section, to reach not only young workers but also students from all education levels.

All GWU members whom age conforms to the National Politics and to the Politics about the youths in the European Trade Unions Confederation (ETUC) is automatically member of the GWU Youths. Students, Part Timers and Unemployed can apply for direct membership with the Youth Section.