However, this may simply reflect the government's desire not to give away one of its key bargaining chips in the Ulster peace process at too early a stage.
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When one side of the bargaining table has the legal right to wave a magic wand and make the other side of the discussion completely disappear, it is hardly a scenario for a fair negotiation.
If bargaining power depends on the ability to do one another damage (and it often does) Charles and Diana were far better positioned to negotiate the conditions of their divorce at the time of their separation than at the commencement of their marriage.
One possibility is that unions without enough economic power to bring employers to the bargaining table could become subject specific organizations.
The French, after much mid-week bargaining in Brussels with Mr Prodi, finally decided to send one man from the political left and one from the right.
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Wage flexibility is still hampered by centralised bargaining: Mr Aznar was loth to tackle the unions on that one.
In Massachusetts, the National Association of Government Employees Local 282 has been one the first unions in the country to include an anti-bullying clause in collective bargaining agreements.
This week Ohio's legislature took up a measure similar to the one being pushed by Mr Walker in Wisconsin, denying state and local employees collective-bargaining rights.
Hope floated on Wednesday with news that the NFL and the NFLPA were meeting for two days, following up their vow of intensity after the Super Bowl to reach a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) by the expiration of the existing one on March 4.
Having signed a collective bargaining agreement with one of these unions, a filmmaker like Disney would not be permitted to use workers from the hiring hall of another.
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