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