[url]http://www.msnbc.com/news/735712.asp[/url]

"SAN FRANCISCO, April 8 — Levi Strauss & Co., whose jeans are an all-American symbol, said Monday it is closing six U.S. plants and eliminating 3,600 jobs, or 22 percent of its work force, as it moves away from the business of actually making the clothes it sells.
       THE COMPANY, WHOSE sales have been sagging, has said it wants to concentrate more on marketing its clothes.
      “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.
      Since 1997, the company had already closed 24 North American plants, shifting the work to cheaper overseas manufacturers and laying off about 13,000 employees.
      The latest closings, also shifting work overseas, leave only two plants open in the United States for the 149-year-old company that has symbolized the pioneering American spirit since the Gold Rush days, when its blue denim jeans were worn by miners.
      In June, the company will close plants in San Francisco and Blue Ridge, Ga.; in August, plants in Brownsville and San Benito, Texas; and in October, plants in Powell, Tenn., and El Paso, Texas.  
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          The privately held company said it will continue to operate a sewing plant and a finishing center in San Antonio, though it will cut about 300 jobs there, too. Levi Strauss employs 16,600 people overall.
      A poor sales start this year put Levi’s on track for its sixth consecutive year of declining revenue.
      The privately-held, San Francisco-based company’s sales totaled $935.3 million for the three months ended Feb. 24, a 6 percent decline from a year earlier."



I heard on the radio this morning that the pro-gunner's boycott was being credited for much of their problems. [:D][img]www.ar15.com/members/albums/brouhaha%2Fthumbs%2Egif[/img]

Yet they are still too ignorant to admit they are wrong and renounce the policy.

Classic liberalism.

this is the general trend in the cloths manufacturing industry. Here in alabama we have lost almost every textile plant. they have been closed and rebuilt in mexico
The levis boycott has been going on for several years so i don't think it had much to do with it.

mike

they donate an obscene amount of money and resources to anti-gun political groups.

mike

[url]http://www.paxusa.org[/url]

The victim disarmament group calls themselves PAX. They are on the web at www.paxusa.org. Levi Strauss is donating money to PAX for every signature that they get on a petition, reproduced below.


> We are the future of America and we demand a future free from gun
> violence. We will no longer remain silent as a preventable epidemic
> devastates our towns, our homes and our schools.
>
> We call on our nation's leaders to develop a comprehensive plan to
> end the crisis of gun violence in our nation. This plan must
> include:
>
> 1. A national campaign to educate all Americans, both gun owners
> and non-gun owners, about the threat of gun violence and how it can
> be prevented.
>
> 2. Common sense gun violence legislation which is already supported
> by the majority of Americans, including the majority of gun owners,
> such as:
>
>       Child access prevention laws to hold gun owners responsible for
>       what happens with their guns and prevent children and others from
>       having unauthorized access.
>
>       Elimination of assault weapons and other weapons of war.
>
>       Nationwide laws to eliminate illegal gun trafficking and keep
>       guns out of the hands of criminals.
>
>       Licensing and registration of guns, like automobiles.
>
>       We demand solutions, not political debate, and we demand those
>       solutions now.

I'll bet a 1000 rounds of ammo that they are closing those plants 'cause they'll make more money using chinese slave labor than paying americans to do the same work. Sadly I doubt our refusal to buy'em had a thing to do with it (not that I want to think I helped close a plant here).

Moving the business over seas is just additional reason to boycott Levi's, and other manufacturer as well.  

Unfortunately, unless we sew the clothing ourselves, we're all going to be naked or in threadbare clothes if we don't buy imports.

And even more unfortunately, that is the same story for virtually all consumer products available in the US today.