by Stephanie Masters | Feb 16, 2023 | Legislative Updates
NLBMDA members from across the country will converge in Washington, D.C. on March 28-30 for the 2023 Spring Meeting and Legislative Conference – a must-attend for anyone interested in advancing the lumber and building material industry and having their voice heard on...
by Stephanie Masters | Oct 25, 2022 | Legislative Updates
Thursday, October 27th at 11:00 am Location: Denver Lumber Company 1490 S Cherokee St – Denver, CO 80223 Conference Room Main Office Please join us, Barbara needs our support. Colorado New House District 8 is very close, and we need a pro-business delegate to...
by MSLBMDA | Dec 27, 2019 | Legislative Updates
Package Includes Tax Extenders and Repeal of Health Insurance Tax [Washington, D.C.] Last Friday, President Trump signed two bills passed by Congress which fund the federal government through the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2020. The National Lumber and Building...
by MSLBMDA | Dec 13, 2019 | Legislative Updates
More Work Must be Done to Eliminate Tariffs [Washington, D.C.] Today, the Trump Administration announced that a Phase One trade agreement has been reached between the United States and China. As a part of this deal, the U.S. will cancel a proposed 15 percent tariff on...
by MSLBMDA | Nov 25, 2019 | Legislative Updates
On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule to make 1.3 million American workers newly eligible for overtime pay, including NLBMDA-recommended provisions that were ultimately approved in a final rule, which are effective January 1,...
by MSLBMDA | Oct 1, 2019 | Legislative Updates
Today, the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association (NLBMDA) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule that will raise the overtime salary limit for workers from $455 per week to $684 per week,...
