We do poll our members. We have a bi-monthly newsletter that goes out to our membership. We get from 3,000 to 5,000 responses in a number of days, and we have asked them the question about mandatory retirement. There is strong support for getting rid of mandatory retirement. We see it as legislated age discrimination and unnecessary. Certainly when people hit the age of 65 there are some who prefer to keep working, but there are workplaces that ask people to leave at age 60. We think that is certainly wrong, because they are more than willing to keep working if they choose.
On November 2nd, 2011. See this statement in context.