The West Virginia Trucking Association is managed by a dedicated board of directors. WVTA officers for 2011-2012 are:
Chairman – Walt Hanson
Petroleum Transport, Inc.
First Vice-Chairman – Timmy Nelson
UPS
Second Vice Chairman – Jeff Branham
New River Trucking, LLC
Secretary/Treasurer – Bernie O. Young
Trucks, Inc.
Immediate Past Chairman – H. Winston McHenry
HWM Truck Lines/Winjean Trucking Co.
President - Jan Vineyard
Chairman – Walt Hanson
Petroleum Transport, Inc.
First Vice-Chairman – Timmy Nelson
UPS
Second Vice Chairman – Jeff Branham
New River Trucking, LLC
Secretary/Treasurer – Bernie O. Young
Trucks, Inc.
Immediate Past Chairman – H. Winston McHenry
HWM Truck Lines/Winjean Trucking Co.
President - Jan Vineyard
Day-to-day operations of WVTA are conducted by the organization's president. The role of the president is to assist members in increasing their business effectiveness and profitablilty by providing resources for education, training and ideas exchanged; encouraging a high level of business ethics and a postive image for the industry; encouraging governmental action beneficial to the industries through active participation of its membership; and, providing cost effective services for the membership.
Jan Vineyard serves as the president of WVTA..
Jan was named executive director of the West Virginia Petroleum Marketers (WVPMA) and West Virginia Association of Convenience Stores in July 1993. On January 1, 1996 the two organizations merged with the WV Retail Grocers Association to create the West Virginia Oil Marketers and Grocers Association, Inc. Jan retained the position of executive director for this expanded group of nearly 250 members.
Effective October 1, 2006, OMEGA took over management of the West Virginia Motor Truck Association. At that time, Jan became president of both associations. Jan also is Chairwoman of the WV Business Industry Council.
Prior to joining the association, Jan worked for Ashland Oil (1978-1993) in supply, transportation and sales. She holds a B.B.A in Marketing & Transportation and an M.B.A from Marshall University.
Jan Vineyard serves as the president of WVTA..
Jan was named executive director of the West Virginia Petroleum Marketers (WVPMA) and West Virginia Association of Convenience Stores in July 1993. On January 1, 1996 the two organizations merged with the WV Retail Grocers Association to create the West Virginia Oil Marketers and Grocers Association, Inc. Jan retained the position of executive director for this expanded group of nearly 250 members.
Effective October 1, 2006, OMEGA took over management of the West Virginia Motor Truck Association. At that time, Jan became president of both associations. Jan also is Chairwoman of the WV Business Industry Council.
Prior to joining the association, Jan worked for Ashland Oil (1978-1993) in supply, transportation and sales. She holds a B.B.A in Marketing & Transportation and an M.B.A from Marshall University.
Trucking Industry Issues
Primary Safety Belt Law. WVTA supports adoption of a primary safety belt law to increase belt use, reduce fatalities and save money.
APUs from Excise Tax. Among many other things, H.R. 1424, the federal bail-out bill passed early this month by Congress on its second try, and signed by President Bush, includes in Section 206 of its Division B an exemption from the 12% federal excise tax on trucks and trailers with idling-reduction devices commonly known in the industry as auxiliary power units. Several states have passed similar legislation. WVTA should introduce it in WV.
Highway Funding. While it is critical to appropriately fund our highway system, WVTA believes we need to analyze where the dollars are going and determine how they can be spent more efficiently.
Governmental/Regulatory Cooperation. WVTA members provide both employment and valuable services to West Virginia. WVTA members interact with numerous governmental and regulatory agencies on a daily basis. We desire fair and consistent treatment and an environment that is business friendly.
Civil Justice and Tort Reform Issues
Civil Justice Reform. West Virginia’s business community should continue to seek passage of additional civil justice reforms including: deliberate intent, joint and several liability, collateral source, limiting punitive and non-economic damages, and the establishment of a comprehensive bid process for attorneys who represent the state.
Transparency for Asbestos/Silica Claims. Mass litigation involving asbestos claims has had a significant impact on our courts, employees and businesses. WV needs to establish standards and criteria for an individual who wants to file a claim related to an injury or impairment from asbestos or silica exposure. Standards and criteria to combat fraudulent claims need to be established. There is a need for transparency full disclosure by claimants in order to avoid fraudulent “double-dipping.”
Non-Parisian Judicial Elections or Merit Selection. WVTA should strongly support needed reforms that will move West Virginia’s judiciary system into the mainstream on the 21st century. Partisan elections for what is supposed to be an independent judiciary stand as ugly reminders of the “politics of the past” and our collective inability to join the mainstream of America in judicial reform. WV is one of only seven states still electing all of its justices and judges in partisan elections.
Absolute Right of Appeal. WV is one of only three states that does not provide an absolute right to appeal a final judgment from a lower court. The WV Legislature should enact a right of appeal from all final judgments in the Circuit Courts. Appellate review is an essential component to a fair and balanced judicial system.
Personnel Issues
Employee Free Choice Act. One of organized labor’s top legislative priorities for the new Congress appears to be the deceptively-named Employee Choice Act (EFCA – H. R. 8000, S. 1041), better known as the Card Check Bill. Business organizations strongly oppose this legislation, which could upend decades of settled labor law in order to give organized labor an unfair advantage in union organizing, at the expense of both employees and employers. The measure also would end the tradition of allowing workers to use secret ballots when voting whether or not to unionize. WVTA should oppose this legislation because the measure’s card check process would expose employees to abuse, threats, and intimidation all in the name of the union accumulating the required number of signatures. The bill also would elevate this inferior card check process to the principle method of recognizing a union, thereby eliminating the employee’s longstanding right to secret ballot elections.
Mandated Sick Leave. Labor groups are pushing to make West Virginia one of the first states in the nation to require all employers of 15 or more employees to provide seven days of paid sick leave or a pro-rata amount for part-time employees. Under the proposed bill, no doctor’s certification is required until after the third day, creating rules different than many collective bargaining agreements, employer policies and the Federal Medical Leave Act. Because of its additional costs, both administrative and payroll, to small employers, and many differences from the federal FMLA, this bill is both costly to employers and does not improve West Virginia’s ability to attract retail employers. WVMTA should oppose a broad and sweeping mandatory paid sick leave law.
Captive Audience Legislation. During the 2008 legislative session, the WV House of Delegates passed HB 4132, which would have restricted an employer’s right to hold mandatory employee meetings and to express views on certain business matters, including union issues. WVTA opposed this legislation because it would have interfered with free speech rights of employers, set West Virginia’s business climate apart from any other state and was preempted by federal legislation.
Miscellaneous Issues
Healthcare. Affordable healthcare continues to be a major issue for WVMTA members. The adequate funding of government healthcare programs, the reduction and control of healthcare costs, and the availability of affordable health insurance for West Virginia employers and employees are fundamental components of a strategy that will help reduce the cost-shift and the rise in private health insurance premiums experienced by the business community.
Primary Safety Belt Law. WVTA supports adoption of a primary safety belt law to increase belt use, reduce fatalities and save money.
APUs from Excise Tax. Among many other things, H.R. 1424, the federal bail-out bill passed early this month by Congress on its second try, and signed by President Bush, includes in Section 206 of its Division B an exemption from the 12% federal excise tax on trucks and trailers with idling-reduction devices commonly known in the industry as auxiliary power units. Several states have passed similar legislation. WVTA should introduce it in WV.
Highway Funding. While it is critical to appropriately fund our highway system, WVTA believes we need to analyze where the dollars are going and determine how they can be spent more efficiently.
Governmental/Regulatory Cooperation. WVTA members provide both employment and valuable services to West Virginia. WVTA members interact with numerous governmental and regulatory agencies on a daily basis. We desire fair and consistent treatment and an environment that is business friendly.
Civil Justice and Tort Reform Issues
Civil Justice Reform. West Virginia’s business community should continue to seek passage of additional civil justice reforms including: deliberate intent, joint and several liability, collateral source, limiting punitive and non-economic damages, and the establishment of a comprehensive bid process for attorneys who represent the state.
Transparency for Asbestos/Silica Claims. Mass litigation involving asbestos claims has had a significant impact on our courts, employees and businesses. WV needs to establish standards and criteria for an individual who wants to file a claim related to an injury or impairment from asbestos or silica exposure. Standards and criteria to combat fraudulent claims need to be established. There is a need for transparency full disclosure by claimants in order to avoid fraudulent “double-dipping.”
Non-Parisian Judicial Elections or Merit Selection. WVTA should strongly support needed reforms that will move West Virginia’s judiciary system into the mainstream on the 21st century. Partisan elections for what is supposed to be an independent judiciary stand as ugly reminders of the “politics of the past” and our collective inability to join the mainstream of America in judicial reform. WV is one of only seven states still electing all of its justices and judges in partisan elections.
Absolute Right of Appeal. WV is one of only three states that does not provide an absolute right to appeal a final judgment from a lower court. The WV Legislature should enact a right of appeal from all final judgments in the Circuit Courts. Appellate review is an essential component to a fair and balanced judicial system.
Personnel Issues
Employee Free Choice Act. One of organized labor’s top legislative priorities for the new Congress appears to be the deceptively-named Employee Choice Act (EFCA – H. R. 8000, S. 1041), better known as the Card Check Bill. Business organizations strongly oppose this legislation, which could upend decades of settled labor law in order to give organized labor an unfair advantage in union organizing, at the expense of both employees and employers. The measure also would end the tradition of allowing workers to use secret ballots when voting whether or not to unionize. WVTA should oppose this legislation because the measure’s card check process would expose employees to abuse, threats, and intimidation all in the name of the union accumulating the required number of signatures. The bill also would elevate this inferior card check process to the principle method of recognizing a union, thereby eliminating the employee’s longstanding right to secret ballot elections.
Mandated Sick Leave. Labor groups are pushing to make West Virginia one of the first states in the nation to require all employers of 15 or more employees to provide seven days of paid sick leave or a pro-rata amount for part-time employees. Under the proposed bill, no doctor’s certification is required until after the third day, creating rules different than many collective bargaining agreements, employer policies and the Federal Medical Leave Act. Because of its additional costs, both administrative and payroll, to small employers, and many differences from the federal FMLA, this bill is both costly to employers and does not improve West Virginia’s ability to attract retail employers. WVMTA should oppose a broad and sweeping mandatory paid sick leave law.
Captive Audience Legislation. During the 2008 legislative session, the WV House of Delegates passed HB 4132, which would have restricted an employer’s right to hold mandatory employee meetings and to express views on certain business matters, including union issues. WVTA opposed this legislation because it would have interfered with free speech rights of employers, set West Virginia’s business climate apart from any other state and was preempted by federal legislation.
Miscellaneous Issues
Healthcare. Affordable healthcare continues to be a major issue for WVMTA members. The adequate funding of government healthcare programs, the reduction and control of healthcare costs, and the availability of affordable health insurance for West Virginia employers and employees are fundamental components of a strategy that will help reduce the cost-shift and the rise in private health insurance premiums experienced by the business community.
WVTA members do a great job managing their businesses. However, as with all major industries, WVTA members receive oversight by many city, county, state and federal regulatory agencies. In addition to policing ourselves, listed below are just some of the state agencies, which oversee and regulate member operations:
West Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
West Virginia Department of Transportation
West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
West Virginia Department of Public Safety
West Virginia Public Service Commission
West Virginia State Tax Department
West Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
West Virginia Department of Transportation
West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
West Virginia Department of Public Safety
West Virginia Public Service Commission
West Virginia State Tax Department
The trucking industry in West Virginia provided 45,451 jobs, or one out of sixteen of all jobs in the state.
The average annual wage for the industry is greater than the construction, service and retail industries.
Trucking industry wages exceeded $1.7 billion, with an average annual trucking industry salary of $37,059. (Truck drivers held 17,950 of these jobs at an annual salary of $31,605.)

The West Virginia Trucking Association put safety first through improved driver training, investment in advanced safety technologies and active participation in safety initiatives at the local, state and national levels. Annually the Association holds a Truck Driving Championship and a Safety Banquet. These events promote safety and recognize professionals in our industry for their expertise.
