Membership Benefits
The mandate of the Manitoba Trucking Association is to serve the needs of the Trucking Industry and its interested parties through promoting a healthy business environment and advocating for safety, education, and responsibility. Through this mandate the Manitoba Trucking Association provides many tangible and intangible benefits to its members. The MTA is recognized as the Voice of Trucking in Manitoba. Our association, in conjunction with other provincial trucking associations and the Canadian Trucking Alliance, has and will continue to promote our industry, and to lobby governments at all levels on matters that affect our industry. We act as a liaison between our member companies and government departments. The MTA is a resource to our members by answering their questions, providing them with information or identifying additional sources of information to them on any issues related to trucking.
Such activities have included, but are not restricted to:
- enhancements and harmonization in regards to vehicle weights and dimensions
- enhancements to the Extended Length Vehicle system
- development of an alternate assessment program on WCB for extra-provincial carriers
- development of a Canadian drug and alcohol testing protocol that satisfies the U.S. regulations
- the recent development, with the Manitoba Department of Highways, of a driver profile which truly reflects a driver's on-road performance and is linked to the carrier profile
- the recent changes to the US Customs regulations regarding cabotage, and
- the harmonization of many other rules and regulations that impact our members
There will continue to be many issues confronting our industry at the civic, provincial, national and international levels, and the Manitoba Trucking Association will continue to address them. The Manitoba Trucking Association maintains and continues its efforts through the financial support of its members.
Membership in the MTA also brings a variety of tangible benefits, including:
MTA Newsletter
Keeps members up-to-date on everything that is happening in the industry. Time-sensitive information, which cannot wait for publication in the Western Canada Highway News, is disseminated through the Newsletter. It is circulated every three weeks, and more often if necessary. Associated Trade members may submit promotional pieces for distribution along with the Newsletter, for a small fee. The MTA Newsletter is only available to MTA members.
WESTERN CANADA HIGHWAY NEWS
All members receive a copy of the Western Canada Highway News magazine, the official magazine of the the trucking associations in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. The magazine is published quarterly and provides leading edge timely information on business practices, technology, trends, new products/services, legal and legislative issues that affect professionals in Western Canada’s trucking industry. MTA supplier members are listed in the annual Buyers Guide.
Click below to see the most recent issue of Western Canada Highway News
Click here to see advertising and Company Profile rates.
Cellular Phone Discounts
A competitive Cellular phone discount program is available through Rogers AT&T
Industry Salary Survey
The Association conducts a salary survey with its carrier members and provides the results of these surveys to participants. The survey includes most job positions within the industry.
Driver Turnover Survey
The Association also conducts a driver turnover survey with its carrier members and provides the results of these surveys to participants.
Canadian Motor Carrier Consortium – Drug and Alcohol Testing
Manitoba Trucking Association offers drug and alcohol testing services through the Canadian Motor Carrier Consortium (CMCC). CMCC was established by the Canadian Trucking Alliance and the provincial trucking associations to enable carriers to comply with USDOT drug and alcohol testing rules. CMCC services are available to all segments of the industry, including truck and bus operators, as well as for-hire and private carriers on a nation-wide basis.
DriverCheck/HealthStar is the exclusive appointed Medical Review Officer (MRO) and Third Party Administrator (TPA) to the Canadian Motor Carrier Consortium. This appointment provides CMCC participants with access to national, bilingual services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Fleets who participate in the CMCC service enjoy one-stop shopping services for all their drug and alcohol testing needs:
- Random Testing Program Maintenance
- Medical Review Officer (MRO) Services
- Canadian Oriented Policy Development
- Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
- Substance Abuse Professionals (SAP)
- Supervisor Training Program
- Record-Keeping and Administration
- Information Updates
- Access to industry experts
Participate in CMCC today! For more information, please contact:
DriverCheck Inc.
Toll Free: 1-800-463-4310
Website: www.drivercheck.ca
E-mail: drivercheck@drivercheck.ca
GroupHEALTH Global Benefit Plan
The MTA has implemented a comprehensive benefit plan providing affordable and flexible benefits for owners, employees and independent owner operators. Options to choose from include Disability, Extended Health, Dental, Critical Illness, Life Insurance and Health Spending Accounts. The plan is managed on behalf of the MTA by GroupHEALTH Global. Please contact Rob Poapst at (204) 488-1100 for more info.
Discounts on Products, Seminars and Services
The MTA extends the opportunity to purchase a number of items necessary for day-to-day business. Most of these items have preferential prices for members.
MTA Scholarship Program
On an annual basis the MTA presents scholarships of $1000.00 each to a maximum of five individuals who are employees or dependents of employees of member companies. Scholarships are presented to eligible individuals who are students entering their first year of studies at a post-secondary institution in Manitoba or apprentices in the Transport Truck Mechanic and Truck Trailer Mechanic trades who have successfully completed level two of their trade's training.
Fleet Discount Fuel & Service Programs
Fleet discount programs offered by Imperial Oil and Petro-Canada are available to MTA members. These programs offer companies and their employees the opportunity to save on fuel purchases and other services provided at their service locations.
Annual Manitoba Shipper’s Guide Directory Listings
Member listings are included free of charge in the Annual Manitoba Shipper’s Guide directory which is used by shippers when seeking freight haulers. This directory has become the bible of the industry, listing rules, regulations, operating authorities and general trucking reference information for shippers and is updated on an annual basis.
Click here for more information on how to promote your company in the Shipper's Guide.
Click here for information on how to submit your feedback for next year's guide.
J.J. Keller Product Discounts
As a Canadian Distributor for J.J. Kellers Safety & compliance products, the MTA can offer the full range of their catalog of products at member discounted pricing. You'll find the full range of Keller products online at http://www.jjkeller.com/ or call the MTA office for Canadian ordering & pricing information.
MTA Website Links
Member websites are linked free of charge on request to the MTA website at www.trucking.mb.ca.
NEBS Alliance Discounts
MTA's alliance with NEBS, Canada's leading supplier of business forms sold to small business offers members a 10% discount plus Air Miles for business on every purchase. Members quote Catalog code 96784 when ordering. You'll find the NEBS catalog of products at http://www.nebs.ca/
Canadian Trucking Human Resource Council Product Discounts
Whether in a group, workshop, or via independent study, CTHRC materials are an excellent source of information for any driver or safety trainer. An MTA member discount is applied to all purchases of CTHRC products. A list of products is available on the CTHRC website at http://www.cthrc.com
Carlyle Printers, Service & Supplies Ltd. Product Discount
Print Supplies (toner, ink, paper) and services continue to grow in cost and consume more than 60% of the average office supplies budget in Canada. The MTA is addressing this issue by partnering with Carlyle Printers, Service and Supplies Ltd. We estimate that MTA members are spending an average $9,000 per year on printing supplies and consumables. This program aims to cut your printing costs significantly through reduced prices on current supplies.
Mark's Work Warehouse Product Discount
The MTA has partnered up with Mark’s Work Warehouse to offer member companies and their employees, discount cards which will entitle the holder to a 10% discount on selected merchandise. There will only be one printing of the card per year, so we urge all interested member companies to put their order in immediately to: gsine@trucking.mb.ca by April 24th.
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Manitoba Trucking Association Telephone: (204) 632.6600 Fax: (204) 694.7134 info@trucking.mb.ca |
