[billbears]

put a tariff on textiles. That'll work and fix everything < /sarcasm>

[RCW2001]

Also see related, LOL!

Letter from Levi Strauss About Its Anti-2nd Amendment Activities

Levi Strauss Anti Gun Stance

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

I'm wondering if they didn't start a backlash several years ago when they dropped their support for the BSA.  I was a big fan of their until that moment, when I haven't bought anything of theirs since.

[Howie66]

My heart just aches for the Levis Company. Just kidding!

It seems that their sales have gone into the tank since the company decided to stop supporting the BOY SCOUTS of AMERICA. That was when I stopped buying their jeans for my family.

[glc1173@aol.com]

"The company, whose sales have been sagging, has said it wanted to outsource the manufacture of its clothing and move toward marketing the finished product. "There is no question that we must move away from owned-and-operated plants in the U.S. to remain competitive in our industry," said Philip Marineau, chief executive officer." (Associated Press)

Has Levi Strauss announced plans to cut Third World production for the U.S. market?

American workers are screwed whether or not Levi Strauss survives if Levi Strauss "outsources" production to Mexico or Red China.

This same issue has come up around here with Guilford Mills. Guilford Mills - major area employer in textile industry - moved production to Mexico, then went broke anyhow. Another major area mill did the same.

NAFTA is no help for American workers.

[MarkWar]

>Levi Strauss announces intention to close six plants (U.S. plants)

[sighs] Another day, another 3,300 US citizens out of work.

Perhaps all these companies think that soon a giant asteroid is going to smash into North America and they're trying to get their companies ready for after the crash...

Or maybe they're money-grubbing scum with no commitment to patriotism, no commitment to local culture, no commitment to anything other than range-of-the-moment maximizing of share-holder value.

One or the other of these things is at work here. Either it's the invisible hand of knowledge of up-coming terror, or it's the invisible hand of enlightened self interest economically.

(One way or the other, ten years from now in the US life probably will be very different from what it was ten years ago...)

Mark W.

[RWG]

Priced any Levis lately? Surprised they lasted this long. Used to have the just right fit, now everyone does. Priced themselves right into the 3rd world labor market and put Americans in the unemployment lines, great job!

[going hot]

I love the smell of failed anti second amendment businesses first thing in the morning!!

[spectre]

Well, it might have alot to do with the fact that stores like Old Navy and The Gap have their own label and Levis just aren't "cool" anymore.

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[ladytrucker]

Levi's is one of the most poorly run companies in america. I have relatives who work there and believe me, they are the only people there who seem to be doing their jobs. Levi's has huge layers of administration that come in at 10 in the morning, take two to three hour lunches and leave before five. then the company hires contract workers to do the work their regular employees can't (or won't) finish! the kicker is that when layoffs happen, it's not the long-time, entrenched incompetents that are fired, but the younger productive workers who are not steeped in Levi's "progressive" culture. Hard to believe, but it's the TRUTH!

[Sabertooth]

Levi's used to be the definition of denim. I always had at least two pair of 501s.

Now they want to be the definition of homosexual gun-hating.

Haven't bought anything from them since about 1995.

Still have a classic denim jacket, though... vintage 1984.

[aculeus]

The most left-wing company in America. (Ben & Jerry now owned by a big multinational.)

[Rodney King]

I haven't bought jeans from them in years, due to their being a bunch of homosexual gun-haters.

[It Matters]

Wranglers are more comfortable anyways. Cowboy Cut, 20X, etc. Plus they sponser pro rodeo, sportsmen, etc. An all american company.

[hove]

Another in an endless line of stories about the new global economy. Corporations, in a need to be competitive, are moving manufacturing to the third world. Wealth, created in the form of corporate profits, was distributed to Americans in the form of blue collar (living wage) jobs. America became an econmoic power house in the last two centuries and Americans enjoyed an increasing standard of living. The distributed wealth created a huge and hungry market for American made goods. Now, because of repressive taxes, regulation, and competition from access to cheap foriegn labor, American corporations feel compelled to ship these jobs to the third world. America will continue to evolve to a three layered...stratified...economy. A large welfare class that leaches from the economy. Then a large service economy that requires mom and pop to work to survive. Guess who the losers are there. And on top a thin veneer of professionals and elite with good college degrees. They will manage the money that corporations are raking in. The money those corporations used to distrbute to American workers. The moral of the story is get your kids their PHD's and buy stock in those corporations so you can get your share of the wealth. Welcome, American, to the Global New World Order!

[1Old Pro]

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The cost of insuring "domestic partners" went to the bottom line and is a "drag" on earnings.

[connectthedots]

Real men wear Wranglers.

[conserve-it]

"outsource the manufacture of its clothing "

Hidee hidee ho......its off to Mexico we go !!

[Destructor]

LOL! Another activist corporation reaps what they have sown!

[philman_36]

Do you think they are second guessing their stances on many things now? I imagine some valiant person standing up in the boardroom saying, "I told you so."
Business and "agendas" don't work. I wonder which company will be next. I personally haven't purchased any Levis products in some years, though many jeans which are made aren't made in America anyway. Even good old reliable Dickies bib overalls are now "Made in Mexico".