The City of Detroit reached a tentative contract with its largest police union yesterday, potentially resolving one of the city’s last remaining labor disputes as it nears a potential exit from chapter 9 bankruptcy, the Detroit Free Press reported today. The tentative deal — reached in confidential mediation talks — came three days before votes are due on the city’s bankruptcy restructuring blueprint, called a “plan of adjustment.” The Detroit Police Officers Union has agreed to recommend a “yes” vote on the plan after reaching a multiyear deal on wages, pensions and health care benefits, lead bankruptcy mediator Gerald Rosen said in a statement. The union and the city agreed to continue negotiations to try to reach a five-year deal.
