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WASHINGTON- Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao
announced today that she has appointed Thomas B. Moorhead as the deputy under
secretary of labor for international affairs.
"With his depth of experience in international labor
issues, Moorhead will provide invaluable counsel to me and to the
administration on labor related trade matters," Chao said.
The Bureau of International Labor Affairs carries out the
Department of Labor's international responsibilities. The bureau is responsible
for developing departmental policy and programs relating to international labor
activities, and coordinating departmental international activities involving
other U.S. Government agencies, intergovernmental organizations and
nongovernmental organizations. Moorhead will represent the U.S. government
before the International Labor Organization and will aid on implementation of
the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation, the labor side agreement to
NAFTA.
Moorhead previously was vice president of human resources
for Carter-Wallace, Inc. a leading pharmaceutical firm, where he was
responsible for their worldwide human resource function.
Moorhead was appointed seven times as a member of the
United States delegation to the International Labor Conference, where he served
as the U.S. employer delegate for four years. At the 2000 International Labor
Conference, Moorhead served as employer vice president of the Conference.
Recently, he led the U.S. employer delegation to the ILO Asian Regional Meeting
in Bangkok, Thailand and the ILO Americas Regional Meeting in Lima, Peru.
Moorhead holds a bachelor of arts degree from Yale
University and a doctor of laws degree from the University of Pennsylvania. In
addition, he graduated from New York University with a master of laws degree
with a field of concentration in international business law, and has studied at
The Hague Academy of International Law in the Netherlands.
Moorhead is a 34-year resident of New Canaan, Connecticut.
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