District Lodge 54 has over 14,000 active and retired members and is led by President & Directing Business Representative, T. Dean Wright, Jr.

District Lodge 54 chartered in Cleveland, Ohio proudly represents 22 affiliated local lodges and its members located in Ohio and West Virginia.

The below mission statement was approved and adopted during District 54 Executive Board meeting on November 14, 2006.

Mission Statement:

The vision of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers District 54 is to establish and support economic and social justice for all workers-regardless of their sex, race or national origin, ensuring that all work is performed by union workers, by furnishing job training and retraining, by enforcing safe and healthy workplaces, by providing fair and reasonable wage rates and benefits, and by establishing secure and portable retirement pension plans.