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Ed Potter Reflects on 33 Years at the ILO Conference

Ed Potter at ILO Conference

Ed Potter delivers his first speech at the ILO Conference in 1983.


Ed Potter at ILO Conference

1988: Signing of the first U.S.-ratified labor standards in 30 years.


Ed Potter at ILO Conference

Negotiating an ILO Treaty. 


Ed Potter at ILO Conference

63 Years of U.S. Business ILO Delegates (titles at the time of photo): James Burge, former Corporate Vice President of the Motorola Corporation, U.S. Employer Delegate, 1992; Thomas B. Morehead, former Vice President, Human Resources, Carter-Wallace, Inc., U.S. Employer Delegate, 1993-199; Charles H. Smith, Jr., former chairman of Cleveland-based Sifco Industries, U.S. Employer Delegate, 1951, 1956, 1965 to 1975, 1980 to 1991; Ed Potter, Employer Delegate, 1997 to 2014.


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1999 Palais de Nations Peace Room After President Clinton's Presentation to the ILO Plenary (titles at time of photo): Juan Somavía, Director-General of the International Labour Organization; Thomas "Tom" Harkin, United States Senator; Alexis Herman, United States Secretary of Labor; President Bill Clinton; Ed Potter; Andrew J. Samet, Deputy Under Secretary for International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB); Gene Sperling, National Economic Adviser to President Clinton; John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO; Sandra Feldman, President of the American Federation of Teachers; U.S. Ambassador to Geneva; Madeleine Albright, United States Secretary of State.


Ed Potter at ILO Conference

Ed Potter at the 2004 ILO Employer Meeting with Ronnie Goldberg, USCIB Executive Vice President for Policy (title at the time of photo).


Ed Potter at ILO Conference

2005: ILO Applications Committee Plenary Debate.


Ed Potter at ILO Conference

2014 ILO Conference, Forced Labor Committee


Ed Potter at ILO Conference

2014: Ed Potter and the Employer Group applaud the adoption of the Forced Labor Protocol.


Ed Potter at ILO Conference

Ed Potter and Ron Oswald, General Secretary of the IUF, at Potter's farewell dinner.


Ed Potter at ILO Conference

Ed Potter and Guy Ryder, Director General of the ILO, at Potter's farewell dinner.


Ed Potter at ILO Conference

Ed Potter and Daniel Funes de Rioja, President of the 2014 ILO Conference.


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