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

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

Negotiating an ILO Treaty. 

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.

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

2005: ILO Applications Committee Plenary Debate.

2014 ILO Conference, Forced Labor Committee

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

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

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

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