FORTS v. WARD

Iola FORTS, Paula Herbert, Cynthia Hall, Laura Carey, Linda Moroon, Carol Crooks, Sharon Silman, Yvonne Lee, Sheila Liles, Deborah Lewis, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. Benjamin WARD, Individually and as Commissioner of Correctional Services, Frances Clement, Individually and as Superintendent, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, Dorothy Reid, Individually and as Deputy Superintendent for Security, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, Melvin H. Osterman, Jr., Director of Employee Relations for the State of New York, Defendants-Cross-Appellees; Security Unit Employees Council 82, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO ("Council 82"), Carl F. Gray, Executive Director, Council 82, Clayton DeFayette, President, Council 82, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees; Local 1265 of Council 82, A. V. Yarell, President, Local 1265, Defendants.