bring (someone or something) to the bargaining table

To induce another person or group to negotiate or attempt to reach an agreement or solution. This phrase is typically applied to people or groups in conflict. We need to bring that country to the bargaining table and finally resolve this conflict. And how exactly do you plan to bring management and the union to the bargaining table? My client wants a divorce, and her husband is in denial, so it's been difficult to bring him to the bargaining table.