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Orr Skips Meeting With Unions
Kevyn Orr, emergency manager for the city of Detroit, speaks at a public meeting at Wayne State University Law School in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., on Monday, June 10, 2013. Whether Detroit careens into the largest U.S. municipal bankruptcy depends on emergency manager Kevyn Orr's convincing creditors during the next two months that his plan will revive a city plagued by deficits, crime and strained services. Photographer: Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Kevyn Orr, emergency manager for the city of Detroit, speaks at a public meeting at Wayne State University Law School in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., on Monday, June 10, 2013. Whether Detroit careens into the largest U.S. municipal bankruptcy depends on emergency manager Kevyn Orr's convincing creditors during the next two months that his plan will revive a city plagued by deficits, crime and strained services. Photographer: Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Detroit -- Union leaders cast doubt on dire financial figures contained in Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr's restructuring plan ahead of a closed-door meeting Thursday to discuss health-care changes that could help the city avoid the largest municipal bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.

Dozens of union officials and attorneys converged on the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center early Thursday and criticized Orr for skipping the meeting and sending members of his restructuring team. On Friday, Orr personally met with about 150 officials from banks, bondholders, pension funds and unions during a closed-door meeting to discuss concessions that would slash the city's approximately $20 billion in debt.

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