DETROIT (AP) — Detroit police officers, firefighters and other municipal union members picketed around City Hall Thursday to protest of a 10-percent pay cut and changes in health care benefits under contracts imposed by Mayor Dave Bing.

Several hundred people rallied and called on Bing to be fair in his dealings with city workers.

Police unions are awaiting a ruling by the Michigan Court of Appeals that would allow the extension of a temporary injunction holding the pay cuts at bay. If denied, the unions will take their case to the state Supreme Court, said Joseph Duncan, president of the Detroit Police Officers Association.

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