Levi’s drawn into Madagascar labour dispute

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is pressuring clothing company Levi Strauss and Co. over its treatment of Madagascan dockworkers, as it looks to escalate a dispute involving the Port of Toasmasina (Tamatave).

The union has launched a report about, what it describes as Levi’s “involvement in the exploitation” of the dockworkers, while it plans to take action at stores worldwide to highlight the issue.

The ITF previously filed an International Labour Organisation (ILO) complaint against the Madagascan government over the firing of 43 dockworkers for joining a union.