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We appreciate that other union members and even elected state representatives have publicly backed those on strike, and of course we鈥檙e supportive of the concept of fair pay and safe working conditions.

However, had we been invited into the closed-door negotiations that recently broke off between the health system and union workers, we expect we might have found that who is right and who is wrong, is not at all straightforward.

Mercyhealth isn鈥檛 the only health system, nor U.S. industry, to see CEO compensation rise exponentially in recent years, far faster than hourly worker pay.

But that conversation is one we need to have nationwide, to broadly study what鈥檚 driving that gap and to decide as a nation whether we鈥檙e OK with it 鈥� or not. And if we鈥檙e not OK with it, how do we fix it?

Narrowing the pay gap between executives and union workers 鈥� if as a nation we鈥檙e in agreement that this should be a goal 鈥� will not happen tomorrow, here in Janesville nor nationwide. It鈥檚 a long-term debate.

And, we expect there may be one more layer coloring the internal discussions at Mercyhealth.

Mercyhealth is one health provider in a nationwide health care system that is facing potentially devastating federal Medicaid and Medicare funding cuts that, going forward, could impact its ability to compensate workers.

We need to recognize that fiscal pressure that may be about to come down on health systems nationwide. Workers need to be paid fairly, and security upgrades must be made, but what happens when a key funding source is suddenly and dramatically diminished?

The short term priority here in Janesville should be getting union members back to work. We urge both sides to come back to the table and to hammer out a deal that addresses immediate issues, and to be open to compromises that may be needed to get that done.

This is critical for the job stability of workers and for their families that they provide for, and for patients鈥� continuity of care. It鈥檚 also critical that workers who have been filling in for striking union members return soon to their regular positions, restoring continuity of care at those sites, too.

We urge the two sides to find a solution that everyone can swallow. And then perhaps we can start talking as a nation about pay disparities that seem to keep widening, and about how to ensure that both patients and workers feel safe in our clinic spaces locally and nationwide.