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bargain for



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In 2012 the Service Employees International Union unanimously approved a resolution “calling on local unions to bargain for trans-inclusive healthcare.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

They didn’t even come to the table to try to bargain for some compromise.

From Slate Apr. 24, 2026

That implies it would be a bargain for investors who put profits first, with a similar view emerging for Amazon, with its PEG ratio of 1.9, versus Walmart at 5.76 and Costco at 5.2.

From MarketWatch Mar. 18, 2026

What they didn’t bargain for were the animated actions of former D.C. cop Michael Fanone, who was in the chamber wearing a Dropkick Murphys T-shirt that read “Fighting Nazis Since 1996.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 11, 2026

They were savvy enough to bargain for forty minutes.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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