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Levi Strauss Announces Massive Gun Control Campaign, Turns Employees into Political Activists
Western Journalism ^ | 09-04-2018 | Lisa-Payne Neager

Posted on 09/04/2018 9:10:14 PM PDT by Kevin in California

Levi Strauss & Co. has expanded their original mission beyond the manufacture of blue jeans. This “values driven company” now feels a responsibility to “the communities where we live and work” and will now engage with other gun control groups to fight for “gun violence prevention.”

Chip Berg, CEO of Levi Strauss, wrote an open letter to his customers asking them not to bring firearms onto the premises of their stores, offices or other facilities. For him, it was a matter of safety. Of course, law enforcement was exempt from that request.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banbglist; banglist; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; guncontrol; levis; levistrauss; nra; secondamendment
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To: Mr Rogers

When I learned about their support for gun grabbers back in the 1990s, I decided that I did not need anything from them. I was already moving over to Wranglers because I was in college, and Wranglers were cheaper.


21 posted on 09/04/2018 9:33:23 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Kevin in California

Good luck wit dat Chippy.


22 posted on 09/04/2018 9:34:41 PM PDT by moovova
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To: jeffersondem

They started leaving the US back in the mid-1990s for production. I think it only took ten years to close out that side of the operation.

I’m curious what ‘employees’ they are talking about. There’s probably only four-hundred of them still working within the US, and most all of them are centered in San Francisco. The other fourteen-thousand are mostly all in China.


23 posted on 09/04/2018 9:40:57 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Kevin in California

24 posted on 09/04/2018 9:44:44 PM PDT by GraceG ("Q is not a Cult, you can safely leave at any time, unlike Islam")
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To: Kevin in California

The Conservative Treehouse puts it all together, including the same dynamic with Nike: https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/09/04/nike-and-levis-strauss-political-business-strategy-the-much-bigger-geopolitical-and-trade-picture/

Sure seems to me like what at least should be an illegal laundering of foreign government influence in our politics.


25 posted on 09/04/2018 9:49:33 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Kevin in California

FTA: “gun violence prevention.”

This is GREAT NEWS!! Levi’s is going to arm teachers!


26 posted on 09/04/2018 9:54:44 PM PDT by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: 9YearLurker
The Conservative Treehouse puts it all together

Thanks, Kevin. You beat me to it with the link to that CTH article. Just read it, and it makes a lot of sense. A new piece of information was that some stuff labeled "Made in China" is actually sub-contracted to sweatshops in DPRK.

DANDONG, China (Reuters) – Chinese textile firms are increasingly using North Korean factories to take advantage of cheaper labor across the border, traders and businesses in the border city of Dandong told Reuters.

The clothes made in North Korea are labeled “Made in China” and exported across the world, they said.

Using North Korea to produce cheap clothes for sale around the globe shows that for every door that is closed by ever-tightening U.N. sanctions another one may open. The UN sanctions, introduced to punish North Korea for its missile and nuclear programs, do not include any bans on textile exports.

“We take orders from all over the world,” said one Korean-Chinese businessman in Dandong, the Chinese border city where the majority of North Korea trade passes through. Like many people Reuters interviewed for this story, he spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. (more)

27 posted on 09/04/2018 10:11:47 PM PDT by RhoTheta
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To: Kevin in California

Like most on this thread, stopped buying their stuff in the 90’s. Only with me, it was because they pulled support from the boy scouts for not allowing homosexual scout masters. Started buying my stuff from LL Bean on line.

Another company I boycotted at the same time for the same reason was Radio Shack. One down, one to go.


28 posted on 09/04/2018 10:25:25 PM PDT by Ceebass (20 year freeper. Hooray for me!)
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To: Kevin in California

If Guns were outlawed, what would stop people from carrying around a gallon of gasoline and matches? The Perfect terrorist tool, by the way. Cheap-easy-terrifying and can’t be stopped.


29 posted on 09/04/2018 10:27:22 PM PDT by heights
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To: Jonty30

Demonic influence. They know the only way to shut down a free USA is the 2nd Amendment. Take that away, and hell ensues.


30 posted on 09/04/2018 10:27:51 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: Kevin in California

DAMN; but I guess I can switch to WRANGLER.
Worn Levis all my life, but WRANGLER is just as good a brand in my mind.
Just need to upgrade their pockets and PLEASE START MAKING REAL BELL BOTTOMS AGAIN.
They fit better over boots.


31 posted on 09/04/2018 10:41:43 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Kevin in California
Publicity stunt by Berg, who's been advocating gun control for years “Please Leave your Weapons at Home”: Levi’s CEO Wades into Gun Debate (12/01/2016). Meanwhile, he asks customers not to wash their jeans in order to support environmental sustainability: "Berg is making good on his advice, as he hasn’t washed his own jeans in over a year."--Berg only believes in washed brains.
32 posted on 09/04/2018 10:44:43 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Kevin in California

Sad to say, Wranglers jeans bailed
out of the U.S. If you’re looking for
100% American made, Panhandle Slim.
A Texas based company.
The last time I was in a western
wear store, ALL of their shirts
we’re made in Bangladesh.
I haven’t bought Levi’s since
1977, when the plant my wife worked
at, shut down, and laid off 400
hard working Americans.


33 posted on 09/04/2018 10:45:58 PM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: Fedora

PS: His real name is probably “Bergh”, but Levi-Strauss spells it differently on different pages, so hard to say.


34 posted on 09/04/2018 10:47:51 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Kevin in California

[[I can buy a pair of Wranglers for half the price of a pair of Levi’s.]]

Yep me too- and they are much tougher than levis- at least in my experience-


35 posted on 09/04/2018 10:49:03 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Ceebass

Just as a matter of interest, LL Bean is damn near owned and operated by gun grabbing communist pinkos.


36 posted on 09/04/2018 10:49:49 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Kevin in California

letter to Levi’s “Since you don’t support our Inalienable right to own guns which is supported by our constitution, I no longer support your company- good riddance”


37 posted on 09/04/2018 10:51:20 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Kevin in California
Have not bought Levis since the early 70's. They quickly priced themselves out of my meager funds.

Got sick of the routine of getting them wearable, breaking in cardboard. At $20+ a pair, why bother?

38 posted on 09/04/2018 11:08:03 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (no mntion whast)
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To: Kevin in California
It helps that now I live in the tropics an never wear long trousers.

Needing only shorts does simplify things........../sarc

39 posted on 09/04/2018 11:10:06 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (no mntion whast)
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To: Kevin in California

If they really want to reduce violence, they could contribute to help restore firearms training classes and shooting sports and ORTC too at all high schools. And they could contribute good firearms to school employees and church pastors or members to help
Protect people ( students , parishioners, etc). at their facilities I pick schools and churches because every Muslim terrorist ( and the police) recognize these places ( plus hospitals and nursing homes) as some of snerica’s Easiest “soft targets” to attack — do the above and most of this vulnerability and thus the violent attacks will be substantially reduced.


40 posted on 09/04/2018 11:14:23 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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