Posted on 04/27/2022 9:05:42 AM PDT by rktman
Levi Strauss & Co. president and CEO Chip Bergh has made advocating progressive politics a corporate priority, stating that business leaders “have a responsibility” to create change. But weaponizing Levi’s for political purposes has come at the expense of those employees who hold opinions different from his own, reports have revealed.
Many of the progressive policies championed by the company, once an iconic brand of rugged individualism, are out of step with many of its consumers. Bergh, for example, working with the liberal group Everytown for Gun Safety, led the charge for stricter gun control in the United States.
Levi’s signed a “We Stand For Democracy” advertisement that ran in the New York Times attacking popular election integrity measures, while Bergh called election integrity laws such as Georgia’s “racist” and “a step backwards.” Bergh also stated that Levi’s would work with legislatures to “make sure that these restrictive laws don’t go into place.”
The San Francisco-based company was reportedly “nothing but supportive” of former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s controversial national anthem protests.
Even as Levi’s, under Bergh’s leadership, pushed “woke” politics, the company opened itself up to charges of hypocrisy by engaging in business around the world that were anything but woke. Rather than stand up to China’s repressive Chinese regime, Bergh doubled down, calling China one of his top priorities. Levi’s pulled manufacturing from China in the 1990s only to return for the low-wage labor.
Despite publicizing its “green” climate priorities, Levi Strauss & Co. stands accused of complicity in environmental calamities. Greenpeace said that two Mexican factories supplying Levi’s were dumping toxic chemicals into the environment, while environmental activist group Stand.earth named Levi’s “Public Enemy No. 1” in the group’s war on climate change.
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Used to love 501’s when I was a teen and in my 20’s. They made some kind of change to them around that time and I really haven’t had Levi’s since.
Jeans quality suck.
But I found a good qaulity in Cintas 394 house brand...these jeans are meant to be rented out...means they should hold up better and they do.
I noticed in the other brands that the right side upper left corner of the pocket would come apart,maybe becasue how I sit, and the belt loops would go.
I have a beautiful Levi’s jacket that I bought 38 years ago. It’s in excellent condition and I get compliments every time I wear it. It was made in the USA. I bought my first pair of 501s in 1966. They were so stiff, you literally had to wash them like 50 times before you could wear them. I haven’t bought any of their stuff in 20 years. It had nothing to do with politics. It just isn’t the same quality anymore.
Well, dammmit - I’ve been wearing 501s for over 50 years.
Not only that, their jeans are not what they used to be.
The only jeans I own now are PRISON BLUES, they are good tough work jeans made by inmates at Oregon Correctional Institution in Pendleton Oregon.
It gives the convicts a job inside with a decent wage and the chance to acquire some life skills.
Levi Strauss Company
1155 Battery St,
San Francisco, CA 94111
Have been a no buy for Levis for many years. Their location should have tipped you off.
Don’t own any and won’t own any.
Its list time america, stick to it
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