Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005)

Directors

Robert Greenwald

Cast

James Cromwell, Frances Fisher

The story

The film features archival footage of Walmart CEO Lee Scott praising the corporation at a large employee convention, intercut with interviews designed to undercut Scott's statements. The documentary argues that Walmart underpays its workers, paying them an average of $17,000 per year (in 2005 dollars). According to the interviews, these wages are too low for employees to afford Walmart's health insurance, so management counsels workers to apply for government programs such as Medicaid instead.

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