The advocates of using the debt ceiling as a bargaining chip have no leverage.

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But some House members resisted the idea idea of purely informal negotiations, because they feared they might lose some leverage in the bargaining.

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Despite efforts by the Guild, most reality shows aren't covered under the current contracts, making them attractive programming options and providing networks leverage at the bargaining table.

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But as scripted television sheds viewers and work jurisdiction to other genres (like reality) and media (like the Web), they continue to lose leverage at the bargaining table.

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And while many show-runners initially vowed not to cross the picket line, some will soon or have already returned to work in a non-writing capacity, thereby lessening the guild's leverage at the bargaining table.

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It might yield big benefits for commercial airlines and retail chains, which typically lease a large fraction of their assets, and for steel- and automakers that have large unionized workforces, which will give them greater leverage to renegotiate collective bargaining agreements.

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The NFL argues that the SSA 4 does not require it to act in good faith in 2011 or subsequent seasons, that lockouts are recognized bargaining tools and that it is entitled to maximize its post-SSA leverage.

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The NFLPA is celebrating a victory towards shifting the leverage from an NFL ownership that they feel has stonewalled them in bargaining.

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