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 and 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, intellectual and social conditions of our members, their families and dependents, in the interest of a higher standard of citizenship.