[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 27, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S2079]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              TRIBUTE TO 
                          RAYMOND J. PRICE III

  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. President. I rise today to honor Raymond J. 
Price III upon his retirement from the International Union of Painters 
and Allied Trades, IUPAT. For more than 30 years, Ray Price has 
represented his fellow workers in Ohio and across the country with 
distinction and dignity.
  In September 1978, he started as an apprentice painter at IUPAT 
Painters Local 867 in Cleveland. He honed his craft to become a journey 
worker just 3 years later. As he rose through the ranks he earned the 
trust and admiration of his fellow brothers and sisters progressing as 
a business representative, business manager, and, by 1995, as manager 
and secretary-treasurer of IUPAT District Council 6, which covers all 
of Ohio and central Kentucky.
  He would become heavily involved with the Cleveland Building Trades 
Council and served as vice president of the Cleveland AFL CIO 
Federation of Labor. What IUPAT members in Ohio understood about his 
loyalty and toughness, soon members from across the country would also 
recognize. In 1999 he joined the International Union staff as a 
representative of the general president and, later, as general vice-
president at large. With each new challenge and responsibility, Ray 
showed how a progressive labor movement is critical to our country and 
to our middle class.
  Thank you, Ray, for your counsel and friendship. As you spend time at 
your cottage on the Sandusky River, I wish you a happy retirement with 
your wife Mary Ann, your children, and extended family by your side. 
You have left a legacy that shows how one can make a career fighting 
for working men and women--and making a community and country more just 
and fairer for all.

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