The objects of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (I.B.E.W.) 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 disputes between employers and employees by arbitration (if necessary).
• 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.