Since joining the company four months ago, Mayra Cruz has had two pay increases and one promotion.

Waste360 Staff, Staff

March 10, 2017

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Avid Waste in Bronx, N.Y., Has One Female Sanitation Worker
Marcus Santos/New York Daily News

Mayra Cruz is the only female sanitation worker currently employed by Avid Waste, a private company in Bronx, N.Y. Since joining the company four months ago, she has had two pay increases and one promotion.

New York Daily News has more details:

If Mayra Cruz had decided to take Wednesday off in honor of International Women’s Day, only two people would have noticed — her driver and her boss.

As the sole woman sanitation worker currently employed by Avid Waste, a private company that’s based in the Bronx, Cruz’s absence wouldn’t have caused much of a ripple.

But that’s not to say the 29-year-old’s impact on the Bronx company hasn’t been felt, her boss said.

Read the full story here.

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