bargaining table
Example Sentences
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By afternoon we could be back at the bargaining table.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
“Local 99 members are struggling to make ends meet. After two years at the bargaining table, the District is still coming up short.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
Would the US president be ready to send his negotiators back to the bargaining table?
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
Unions also have been experimenting with new models of negotiating that bring union, business and government representatives together to the bargaining table to set wages and other labor standards for an industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
The challenge, as he saw it, was to somehow convince North Vietnam to make concessions at the bargaining table.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
