Employees plan coordinated strikes at Wal-Marts across the country on Black Friday.

In addition to the planned strikes, Making Change at Wal-Mart is accusing Wal-Mart of paying wages so low its employees are starved. It cites the donated food the retail giant placed out for workers in Frankfort, Indiana, and Oklahoma City as proof, according to the Washington Post.

Wal-Mart has countered, claiming that it's just providing low-cost groceries to the masses in the spirit of the holiday season.

On average, Wal-Mart cashiers earn $8.48 an hour, which is higher than the federal minimum wage of $7.25, although workers claim they need $15 per hour to stay above the poverty line.

Whole Foods and Costco cashiers earn 20-40 percent more than Wal-Mart cashiers with average hourly wages of $10.31 and $11.59, respectively, reports the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Wal-Mart has always been a target and will continue to be because it's the largest retailer with 1.3 million employees. The public generally sympathizes with low-wage complaints by workers considering the Walton family resides in spaces eight through 11 on the Forbes list of billionaires.

Employee protests have worked in the past. In October, following a protest by 26 workers outside Anne Walton's condominium complex in New York City, Wal-Mart announced it would revise pay so that none of its workers would make minimum wage.

Monday, Wal-Mart strikers returned a food bin to Walton by leaving it out front of her upscale 515 Park Avenue condominium building, saying they want a raise, not charity.

The Making Change at Wal-Mart campaign has actions planned at 2,233 stores. It's also using a report from public health lawyer Michele Simon as evidence that many Wal-Mart employees depend on food banks and welfare for their own meals.

A Tumblr campaign with the same name features stories of employees skipping meals because they can't afford to eat.

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