bargaining position
bargaining power

"A father gives his daughter the sense of what her bargaining position with all men will be," she explained.

"Iraq has seen they no longer have a bargaining position," he said.

He said it would hurt the bargaining position of the union at other airlines.

But we're in a better bargaining position if they don't know about the Worm.

"It will put the Government in a better bargaining position."

"We are constantly in a bargaining position with these agencies."

His lack of political ambition means that he is in a very strong bargaining position.

Fortunately for the city this is a poor region, so we have a strong bargaining position.

I'd say that puts us in a pretty good bargaining position.

Further, the connection that these workers feel to their work puts them in a poor bargaining position.