It will be recalled that within the 16 “industrial” unions in the ÖGB there are sections and sub-sections. These divisions are reflected in the agreements. For instance, among those supplied to me by Proksch for the Metal and Mine Workers Union are ones for “coal and iron mining,” for “non-coal mining”, for the “iron and metal manufacturing and fabricating industry and trade [Gewerbe] of Austria”, for the “[manual] workers in electricity-supplying undertakings of Austria”, and for the “scythe and sickle industry”. In all five instances the pacts are nationwide and the partners are one or more employer associations, the ÖGB, and the union. In all except that for the scythe and sickle industry all workers other than commercial apprentices are included; in it they too are covered. Each agreement is of indefinite duration but may be terminated by either partner after a notice period of three months. This notice may be given only on the last day of any calendar month by means of a registered letter. Negotiations for renewal or alteration are to take place within the notice period. Under this arrangement Austrians appear to believe that no-strike, no-lockout clauses make little or no sense; at any rate, they do not appear. Nor is there any provision about grievances and their adjustment, or about the interpretation of the contract. In conformity with legal prescriptions, these matters are left to the works councils (shop steward if no council exists), the labor courts, or the conciliation offices.