State v. AFSCME Iowa Council 61

CARTER, Justice.

American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Council 61, as representative of Cathy Nordyke and Craig DeHoet, employees discharged from the Woodward State Hospital School, now known as the Woodward Resource Center (WRC), appeals from separate district court judgments vacating arbitrators’ awards reinstating Nordyke and DeHoet to the positions they had held prior to their discharges. In each case, the discharge from employment resulted from .a records check pursuant to Iowa Code section 218.13 (1999) that indicated criminal convictions on the part of…