To promote by ALL proper means the material and intellectual welfare of its members. To establish and maintain an adequate WAGE for our labor. To require of our members skill, intelligence and character. To protect our employers from unskilled and inexperienced workers. To advance the principles and practices of conciliation and arbiration in the settlement of ANY differences with our employers. To protect and aid our unemployed, distressed and SICK members. To defend our right and advance our interests as electrical and utility workers by ALL lawful means. To aid and encourage ALL honorable efforts that will better conditions of labor and make our CARD and SEAL a certificate of fraternity, honesty, efficiency, and reliability.