his resolution established the salary goal of not less than $6,500 for entry-level registered nurses, and called upon SNAs to use negotiation through CB to implement the goal (Ohio Nurses Association, n.d.). The establishment of a salary goal provided the impetus for many SNAs to secure higher entry-level salaries for nurses through CB. Not until 1974, however, were nurses in non-public hospitals offered protection under the NLRA. Therefore, before 1974, mass resignations were used as a collective action in lieu of strikes (Flanagan, 1986; Ketter, 1996; Patton, 1998).