negotiation table
noun1
Synonym of negotiating table.
- After a failed attempt by ministers to bounce the union into an agreement by announcing its terms (which included all sorts of union red lines such as drivers having to pay for their own training) in the media rather than over the negotiation table, there is an understandable reluctance on the part of the unions to engage in any discussions unless there are no preconditions.2023 September 6, Christian Wolmar, “Rail strikes: little prospect of negotiations”, in RAIL, number 991, page 44: