. >> reporter: the sun is just up when 60-year-old 60-year-old charmaine givens thomas, rides the bus. she has been working there for eight years. >> how much do you earn? >> i learn $11 an hour. >> that is more than the $8.25 minimum wage but for charmaine supporting her daughter and granddaughter, her salary ends up on the united states poverty line. $19,five 30 for,five 30 for a family of -- >> 19,530. >> i worked 29 hours so with that it's far below a living wage. we have to make hard statisticians, what to pay, how much to pay here, how much to pay there just to keep things going. >> have you had gas turned off? >> oh yes. my gas is turned off now. >> why? >> because i couldn't afford to pay the bill. >> how do you cook without the gas? >> electric hot plate. >> electric hot plate? >> yes. i'msorry, i'm a little embarrassed about that. >> fast forward to walmart's role forward on the wage issue. full and part time workers will get an hourly pay the annual base rate will be $9 this year, next year it will jump to $10 an hour. >>> next who's got the look? the getty girl and a behin