Wednesday, November 19, 2003 at 11:00 AM EST
The Wal-Marting of America
There is a natural tension between our love of a bargain and the belief in a living wage. Buying a year supply of pickles for under three dollars is a bargain but the real price may be a living wage for working class Americans. Americans have become used to paying rock bottom prices for goods but the Wal-mart phenomenon has had an impact on wages. On Point looks at how Wal-Mart has affected the California supermarket strike.
Guests:
Alan Sanderson, Economist, University of Chicago
Harley Shaiken, Professor of Labor and the global economy at the University of California Berkeley
Charles Fishman, writer for Fast Company magazine.
