Global Impact Speaker Series: Ed Potter, Coca-Cola Company
Wednesday, March 07, 2007, Wyly Hall, Room W0768
Ed Potter, Director of Global Labor Relations for the Coca-Cola Company will be the guest speaker at the WDI Global Impact Speaker Series on March 7, 2007 at 4:30 pm in Wyly Hall room #0768, with a reception to follow.
Ed Potter joined The Coca-Cola Company on March 28, 2005 as Director of Global Labor Relations. On August 2, his role was expanded to include global workplace accountability, workplace rights and related stakeholder engagement.
Ed has a comprehensive background in international labor and employment matters. Ed was a partner with the law firm McGuiness, Norris & Williams, LLP in Washington, D.C. for 23 years. Since 1997, Ed has been the U.S. Employer Delegate to the International Labor Organization (ILO). In 1998, he was the employer spokesperson for the negotiation of the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Currently, he is the employer spokesperson on the ILO Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations that holds countries accountable for their obligations resulting from the ratification of ILO conventions.
Ed has testified frequently before the U.S. Congress, is a published author of several articles, the co-author of a book on employment policy issues, and the founder of the Employment Policy Foundation, a research institute where he also served as president until 2005. Ed has a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Michigan State University, a master’s degree in labor economics and collective bargaining from Cornell University and a law degree from American University in Washington, D.C.
For more information about this or future speaker series events, please contact Kristen Roy at royk@umich.edu.
