The IBT, in conjunction with the Longshoremen and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, posted Nov. 19 a $75,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderers of Gilberto Soto, an IBT organizer, who was assassinated Nov. 5 in Usulutan, El Salvador. Soto, who helped U.S. port drivers form unions, was in Central America to meet with union leaders and activists fighting to organize port drivers for Bridge International Transport, a subsidiary of A.P. Moller-Maersk, a Danish ocean carrier. IBT leaders have dismissed Maersk’s offer to independently investigate Soto’s murder. AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney and IBT President James P. Hoffa met Nov. 16 with Salvadoran Ambassador René León to insist Salvadoran authorities intensify their investigation.