A board created to help Detroit Mayor Dave Bing repair the city's broken finances has approved his plan to make more than $100 million in cuts to the unionized workforce.
The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press report the financial advisory board took its first major steps toward restructuring the city's finances yesterday. The plan calls for putting in place savings that include a 10 percent wage cut and significant changes to health care and work rules.
Most are similar to tentative agreements reached earlier this year with unions.
The City Council is expected to consider the plan next week, but the financial board can implement the actions without council's approval.
The nine-member board was formed under a consent agreement between the city and state.