It is generally acknowledged that almost every improvement in the condition of working people was accomplished by the efforts of organized workers through concerted action. The welfare of workers can best be protected and advanced by their united action in a labor organization that advocates basic ideals and goals that coincide with their own. The California School Employees Association exists for the purpose of providing a democratic, member controlled union dedicated to the mutual aid and protection of its members and the improvement of wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment for all workers. The California School Employees Association further recognizes the inequality of bargaining power between employees who do not possess full freedom of association or actual liberty of contract and the power of employers organized in governmental and corporate structures that are capable of depressing wages and working conditions, and of denying employees full freedom of association and self-organization and the right to designate a representative of their own choosing for the purpose of negotiating terms and conditions of employment. CSEA is dedicated to establishing equality of bargaining power between employers and employees as a means to resolving labor disputes and promoting the improvement of personnel management and employer/employee relations.