Collective bargaining is professional.
Through collective bargaining, nurses speaking with a unified voice are recognized as equal partners in health care. Protect patients from inadequate and unsafe care. Establish effective channels of communication with those who make decisions that impact nursing practice. Advance nurses' professional growth and development. In the 1960s, as nurses began to organize for collective bargaining, it was decided by member consensus that MNA would expand its services as a professional association to include a labor program.