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Welcome to the Machinists Union District Lodge 711 website!
The Mission statement of The International Association of
Machinists & Aerospace Workers District 711
Machinists & Aerospace Workers District 711
Shall be to:
Bring the advantage of a Union contract, with better pay, benefits and working conditions to all working families.
Fight for good American jobs, which build strong families, a tax base to provide for the common good, and a highly skilled workforce.
Educate the public on the issue of Unionism, enabling us to build stronger Unions,
thereby making for a bigger voice for our membership and their families.
thereby making for a bigger voice for our membership and their families.
Let it be known that the Machinists Union is the answer to the issues that workers face every day on and off the job.
That workers standing together for justice and fair dealing ensures a better future for all.
That workers standing together for justice and fair dealing ensures a better future for all.
We shall forever strive:
To improve the lives of our members, by building a broad progressive coalition
bringing economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our state.
To fight for an agenda on behalf of all our members and their families at all levels of local, state, and federal government.
To create a political force within the state that will educate and empower our members to speak out
forcefully, effectively, and creatively, on the public issues that affect all our lives.
forcefully, effectively, and creatively, on the public issues that affect all our lives.
To ensure affordable, high-quality health care for our members through negotiations and political action.
To strengthen those ties that-bind all of labor in the state of Tennessee and surrounding area.
To demand the enforcement of all safety and health regulations, ensuring all workers a safe and healthy workplace.
To professionally negotiate strong union contracts that provide fair and reasonable wage rates, benefits,
and a secure and portable retirement pension plan.
and a secure and portable retirement pension plan.
The History of District 711
District 711 is one of six-teen District Lodges in the Southern Territory. The Southern Territory is comprised of over 50,000 IAM members and more than 200 Locals. Fourteen states and Puerto Rico make up the territory; Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
In July of 1996 Grand Lodge Representative Ed Pierce was given the task of assigning numbers to the new district that would be chartered as a result of merging District 155 and District 169. It required choosing a number that would be neutral as District 155 didn't want the number 169 used and like wise, District 169 didn’t want the 155 number used. Brother Pierce decided a number that had never been assigned to a District or Local Lodge was in order, so the numbers 7-11 were chosen. His friends say that his fondness of the crap table was the main contributor, as both numbers are known to represent luck and winning.
In 2003 membership in District 711 numbered in excess of 7000, but due to unfair trade policies such as NAFTA and of late the failing economy, the jobs lost have the membership for the first time below 5000, to 4200. These figures drive home the ever important need for every District and Local Lodge to be active in organizing.
Twenty-two Local Lodges are affiliated with District 711, with thirty-one bargaining agreements, which produce quality products for everything from the saw mill industry, to nuclear weapons components.
District 711 carries on the proud traditions of the IAM and our founders, joining together to make life better for working families everywhere.
