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Mobile sanitation operator urges more women to join city’s sanitation workforce

2531475 · March 10, 2025
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Summary

Janelle Glasker, an Operator 3 in the City of Mobile’s sanitation department, described her two-and-a-half years on the job and recommended the work to other women, saying it offers more than simply “picking up garbage all day.”

Janelle Glasker, Operator 3 in the City of Mobile’s sanitation department, said she has driven garbage collection routes for two and a half years and recommended the job to other women in remarks recorded in the meeting transcript.

Glasker said the work involves more than collecting refuse and that she finds the job rewarding. Her comments framed the work as an opportunity that challenges assumptions about women’s…

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