Spotlight: Belgian Strike Protests Levi Strauss Plant Closings
A strike closed down the Belgian units of blue-jeans giant Levi Strauss & Co. after the company earlier this week said three plants there would be eliminated as part of a European restructuring plan. Company officials said production facilities in Belgium and France were singled out because of high labor costs and overcapacity. Unions said they would keep the factories closed for the rest of the week to protest the expected loss of about 1,000 jobs in Belgium. About 7,500 of Levi’s 30,000 employees are based in Europe.
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