If I had my way it would be compulsory, and we'd make it a cost of doing business. I think the employers should pay the cost of the pension plans for their workforce. The workers give the corporations their life. Executives who give what they say is their all to those corporations get handsome million-dollar-a-year pensions. The same should be for the employees.
I see the employers setting aside billions of dollars to provide for pensions for their managers. They should be prepared to do the same for their employees.