The objects of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers are:
To Organize all workers in the
entire electrical industry in the United States and Canada,
including all those in public
utilities and electrical manufacturing, into local unions;
To promote reasonable methods
of work; To cultivate feelings of friendship among those
of our industry; To settle all
disputes between employers and employees by arbitration
(if possible); To assist each
other in sickness or distress; To secure employment;
To reduce the hours of daily labor; To secure adequate pay for our work; To seek a higher and higher standard of living; To seek security for the individual; And, by legal and proper means, to elevate the moral, intelectual, and social conditions of our members, their families, and dependents, in the interests of a higher standard of citizenship