AdvertisementThe Wal-Marting of America36:19Download AudioEmbed on your websiteClose×Copy the code below to embed the WBUR audio player on your site<iframe width="100%" height="124" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://player.wbur.org/onpoint/2003/11/19/the-wal-marting-of-america"></iframe>Copy embed codeResumeNovember 19, 2003facebookEmailThere 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 ChicagoHarley Shaiken, Professor of Labor and the global economy at the University of California BerkeleyCharles Fishman, writer for Fast Company magazine.This program aired on November 19, 2003.