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, 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.