{"id":1300241,"date":"2022-02-15T16:08:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T21:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1300241"},"modified":"2022-02-15T16:08:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T21:08:51","slug":"levis-brand-president-reveals-she-was-ousted-for-anti-school-closure-stance-i-refused-to-stop-talking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/levis-brand-president-reveals-she-was-ousted-for-anti-school-closure-stance-i-refused-to-stop-talking\/","title":{"rendered":"Levi&#039;s Brand President Reveals She Was Ousted for Anti-School Closure Stance: &#039;I Refused to Stop Talking&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flevis-brand-president-reveals-she-was-ousted-for-anti-school-closure-stance-i-refused-to-stop-talking%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1300241&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/jen-sey_headshot_vote-c-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Levi\u2019s Brand President Jennifer Sey said she was driven from her position for speaking out against California\u2019s coronavirus pandemic school shutdowns, the <em>New York Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/14\/levis-president-says-she-was-booted-over-anti-school-closure-views\/\">reported<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran Levi\u2019s employee explained in an article posted online that she refused the company\u2019s $1 million severance because she did not wish to put her name on a nondisclosure agreement regarding the reason she was forced out.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Sey <a href=\"https:\/\/bariweiss.substack.com\/p\/yesterday-i-was-levis-brand-president\">wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Early on in the pandemic, I publicly questioned whether schools had to be shut down. This didn\u2019t seem at all controversial to me. I felt\u2014and still do\u2014that the draconian policies would cause the most harm to those least at risk, and the burden would fall heaviest on disadvantaged kids in public schools, who need the safety and routine of school the most.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a social media post on January 28, Sey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JenniferSey\/status\/1487194721558482946\">wrote<\/a> it was \u201ctruly astonishing\u201d how many people were upset about the idea that children should have some kind of normalcy in their lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally? We don\u2019t collectively believe in this as a goal?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s truly astonishing that so many are so triggered by the idea that kids should have some semblance of normalcy. Really? We don\u2019t collectively believe in this as a goal?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jennifer Sey (@JenniferSey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JenniferSey\/status\/1487194721558482946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sey explained the problem started when company employees began complaining that she was being vocal about whether schools should be closed in San Francisco amid the early days of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>She was condemned for her views and later contacted by the head of the company\u2019s corporate communications telling her to quiet down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI refused to stop talking. I kept calling out hypocritical and unproven policies, I met with the mayor\u2019s office and eventually uprooted my entire life in California \u2014 I\u2019d lived there for over 30 years \u2014 and&nbsp;moved my family to Denver&nbsp;so that my kindergartner could finally experience real school,\u201d Sey explained.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, President Joe Biden\u2019s federal mask mandates are still&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/11\/joe-biden-forces-children-wear-masks-buses-states-lift-restrictions\/\">forcing<\/a> children to wear masks while riding buses even though multiple blue states recently announced plans to lift state-sanctioned mask rules on school campuses, Breitbart News reported.<\/p>\n<p>Sey\u2019s Substack article <a href=\"https:\/\/bariweiss.substack.com\/p\/yesterday-i-was-levis-brand-president\">continued<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In the fall of 2021, during a dinner with the CEO, I was told that I was on track to become the next CEO of Levi\u2019s\u2014the stock price had doubled under my leadership, and revenue had returned to pre-pandemic levels. The only thing standing in my way, he said, was me. All I had to do was stop talking about the school thing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Eventually, the CEO said it was \u201cuntenable\u201d for her to remain at the company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was offered a $1 million severance package, but I knew I\u2019d have to sign a nondisclosure agreement about why I\u2019d been pushed out,\u201d Sey wrote. \u201cThe money would be very nice. But I just can\u2019t do it. Sorry, Levi\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Levi\u2019s Brand President Jennifer Sey said she was driven from her position for speaking out against California\u2019s coronavirus pandemic school shutdowns, the New York Post reported Monday. 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