Contents UTU NEWS  Vol. 32, No. 3 March 2000

Cornell seeks
member input

CLEVELAND -- The UTU has been selected to participate in a national study that will examine how retirement affects the lives of working people in the service, construction and manufacturing sectors.

The study, conducted by the School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) at Cornell University, hopes to help unions better tailor their retirement programs and activities to fit the needs of members who are nearing retirement or already in retirement.

The UTU enjoys a long relationship with Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Over the past decade, the UTU has participated in two other ILR studies.

The upcoming study will occur in two phases. Cornell researchers will begin with interviews of UTU retirees and members nearing retirement age. Based on these interviews, they will develop a survey to track the retirement experiences of UTU members. Survey participants will be selected randomly from among all retirement-eligible members, and will be paid $20 per interview. Interviews will take about 40 minutes. If Cornell researchers contact you, we hope you will agree to participate.


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