Iowa hospital worker did nothing wrong in records case, union leader says

A union president says one of three University of Iowa hospital workers being fired for allegedly breaching the medical records of injured football players is a 26-year employee who claims she did nothing wrong.

John Stellmach leads an AFSCME union representing 2,200 hospital employees. He says one of the three being terminated for allegedly accessing the records of 13 Iowa football players hospitalized with a muscle disorder is a member.

Stellmach says the woman has a spotless disciplinary record during her employment and has been in the health care field for 40 years. He says he feels "she's getting the shaft" and he hopes to get her job back.

Stellmach says the woman is accused of viewing unauthorized records for "a matter of seconds," which he called a minor infraction.