NLBMDA applauds yesterday's Federal Court decision voiding the National Labor Relations Board move to curb employer and employee rights by speeding up union elections. The rule change had gone into effect on April 30 and cut in half the amount of time permitted for voting on unionization.

New Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Enforcement Guidance on the Use of Criminal Background Checks in Employment Decisions.

The council is composed of the leading building material manufacturers and service providers serving the LBM industry.

The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association (NLBMDA) applauds the April 17 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C.) Circuit delaying the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) union poster rule.

NLBMDA today commended Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) for introducing legislation yesterday to reform EPA's Lead: Renovation, Repair and Painting (LRRP) Rule to reduce the burdens of the rule on the home remodeling and retrofit market, while maintaining protections for pregnant women and small children from lead hazards.

Questions & Answers About New Design Values for No. 2 Southern Pine 2x4's

This document brings focus to the common interests of the industry and includes policy goals to revitalize our nation's housing and building industry.

The American Lumber Standard Committee's Board of Review issued a decision on the revised designed values for Southern Pine that had been proposed in October 2011 by the Southern Pine Inspection Bureau.

The new "ambush election" union rule issued by the National Labor Relations Board yesterday creates unprecedented and sweeping changes to union election rules in the workplace at the expense of small business owners.

Congress reinstated the higher conforming loan limits for the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) through 2013, helping reduce uncertainty for an already fragile housing market.

The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association (NLBMDA) announced its new leadership team installed on October 26 at the ProDealer Industry Summit in San Antonio, Texas.

NLBMDA has released the second edition of the Scope of the LBM Industry Report which explains why building material dealers operate the way they do and how they have evolved in response to the marketplace, noting valuable benchmarking data for all members of the building industry—especially vital in today's tumultuous economy.

Jobsite deliveries using articulating/knuckle boom trucks exempted from rule.

The new "Lead: Renovation, Repair and Painting" (RRP) rule took effect April 22, 2010.