We went ahead and brought the matter back to the next City Council meeting on 15 April 2019. For the first time, the meeting was called for 3:00 pm. Lazaros Zachariadis, the councillor in charge of cleaning, with powers essentially those of a Deputy Mayor for Cleaning, after endless work and excellent coordination of the competent directorates, presented with figures, charts, numbers and data why these employees were necessary for cleaning. He made it clear that we needed even more cleaning staff, as the Municipality’s organisational chart provided for even more vacant posts.  The 192 contract workers were vindicated. Clearly and fairly, simply by patiently cleaning up after us every day, 365 days a year. Karma? Destiny? No, none of that. Justice and the natural order of things, hard work and dedication.