Johnstown -- The AFL-CIO claims Walmart employees make $9 an hour on average. That adds up to $20,000 dollars a year, which is less than half the national average. The labor unions also complain Walmart not only kills higher-paid supermarket jobs but lowers the standard of living where the company locates. The unions say the cause is the lower priced items.

Jennifer Selfridge of Ebensburg tells Channel 6 News, "As a shopper there, they are low priced on things and there's the variety."

Paula Kline of Somerset County says, "Any store that comes to this area that is making money somebodys gonna have something bad to say about them."

Walmart defends its low prices. The retail giant says it does not cut costs through wages and benefits, but by driving down costs.