Mazo, Judith FGreenblum, Eli2023-05-232023-05-232011-09-012019-06-27https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/43593Multiemployer pension plans cover union-represented participants who work for two or more employers. Plan assets and liabilities are pooled, so the risks and rewards are experienced by the group as a whole. Union and employer representatives collaborate in setting plan policy, defining benefits, and overseeing investments and operations; each side has an equal say. This chapter describes how, spurred by the Pension Protection Act’s new requirements and flexibility, multiemployer plans are adapting to the crisis with a mix of benefit reductions and employer contribution increases aimed at stabilizing their finances, rather than phasing out their defined benefit programs – at least for nowAll findings, interpretations, and conclusions of this paper represent the views of the authors and not those of the Wharton School or the Pension Research Council © 2011 Pension Research Council of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. All rights reserved.EconomicsWorking Paper