Teamsters reject Maersk assistance on murder investigation

Teamsters reject Maersk assistance on murder investigation    Chuck Mack, director of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters’ Port Division, dismissed an offer by A.P. Moller and its Maersk steamship line to run an independent investigation into the November murder of Teamster union representative Gilberto Soto in El Salvador.
   In a statement, Mack suggested the offer was insincere, since Maersk has worked hard to thwart attempts to unionize drivers at its facilities.
   Soto, a union organizer in New Jersey, was gunned down on a vacation trip to his parents' home. He had planned to meet with labor leaders and others about trying to organize port truck drivers in the country.
   Soto worked to organize port truck drivers in the U.S. Northeast. The Teamsters wants to represent these workers, but so far has not been able to unionize the independent drivers.