0 the ability of a person or group to get what they want:
Rising unemployment has diminished the bargaining power of people with jobs.
1 the power that someone has in discussions with someone else to reach an agreement that is to their advantage:
For all members of the coalition, there is the potential of a gain in aggregate bargaining power, influence, and collective good production.
In that case, an increase in country l's bargaining power will enlarge the total gains.
Variations in enforcement also seem to reflect local bargaining power.
However, this paper has shown that some types of employer are able to offer better working conditions than others, despite enjoying similar bargaining power.
Second, countries with different elasticities of substitution or union bargaining power may have considerably different stability properties of the equilibrium.
Local politicians use their bargaining power to produce favourable decisions from central, federal or state governments.
In such cases, electoral rules affect the strength of legislative parties and their bargaining power in dealings with the president.
Second, most poor countries lacked the bargaining power needed to resist the imposition.
