Rainer Trefelik

Rainer Trefelik is a prominent Austrian business leader, currently serving as the head of the trade division at the Austrian Economic Chamber (WKÖ). He has been instrumental in negotiating collective agreements that impact hundreds of thousands of workers in the retail sector. Recently, Trefelik was in the news due to a new collective bargaining agreement reached amid rising inflation, which aims to secure wage increases for 430,000 trade employees and 20,000 apprentices in Austria.