EMPLOYEE AT THE LEVI JEAN FACTORY AFTER ANNOUNCEMENT OF POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF THE FACTORY

LIL02D:FRANCE-EMPLOYMENT:LA BASSEE:FRANCE,30SEP98 - An employee at the Levi Straus jeans factory in this northern French town works at her machine, September 30. The Levis Strauss factory which employs some 500 people is one of three factories is threated by possible closure. Two other Levi Strauss factories that face the same fate are in Belgium. jes/Photo by Pascal Rossignol REUTERS