Police chief faces janitorial protests

Until recently they had been employed by the police, but in March Bieńkowski decided they would be employed by an outside firm, Karat, which provides numerous services to the police. The cleaners opposed this move, as they claim that this was the first move towards sacking them. They started protesting, but Bieńkowski neither changed his mind nor wanted to negotiate with them. "If the headquarters 'purchases' cleaning from an auxiliary company, then the trade unions will lose members. This would mean union's activists would have to go to work," said an anonymous source at the police headquarters. Bieńkowski justified this move as an attempt to further lower costs.