Career
In 2005 he became chairman of the Union of Private Sector Employees (Grade Point Average), which at the time was Austria"s largest trade union. In 2007 the Grade Point Average merged with the Union of Printing, Journalism and Paper (DJP), Austria"s oldest trade union, to form the Grade Point Average-DJP. Katzian retained his position as Chairman in the new union, which, as of June 2010, remains the largest in Austria. Katzian is president of the Austrian Football Club Austria Wien.