Thus, if the hospital groups put their own consortium on the Web, their negotiating power could increase exponentially.

"This proposal has as its objective to strengthen the unions by increasing their negotiating power," Minister of Labor Francisco Dornelles said recently.

As a group, they will have even greater negotiating power with all the major mall owners.

Some states have even combined their drug lists for greater negotiating power with drug makers, winning bigger discounts.

"It's a tough fight, but I think we'll win it," he said of the debate over whether his so-called fast-track negotiating power should be renewed.

Underemployment has risen steadily giving businesses ever greater negotiating power on salary.

The question is: does the Commission feel the need for urgent action, while we still have the necessary negotiating power?

We will also learn lessons from how that reform, which gave greater negotiating powers to producers within producer organisations, was applied.

Helen was trying to decide how much of Nicola's resolve, how much of her negotiating power, proceeded from fear.

As the world's biggest company, their negotiating power will be greatly enhanced.