bargaining table

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The league didn’t have a mechanism to go back to the bargaining table, but an opportunity would soon arise.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

"The goal is to bring the rest of the companies to the bargaining table," said Sean Sullivan, professor at the University of Washington and London School of Economics.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 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

With the talks stuck, Brazil announced Monday it wanted an agreement by midweek, sending exhausted negotiators back to the bargaining table and extending work hours late into the night.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

Black waiters were cautiously optimistic that by banding together with white waiters, they might bring their employers to the bargaining table.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield