INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS
Preamble to the first Constitution of the IBEW
“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.”