Victor Valley Community College violated labor laws when its board voted to incorporate part-time professors into the full-time faculty union without the part-timers’ consent, officials said Wednesday.

An administrative law judge wrote a tentative decision—called a pre-ruling—on March 6 that could become final if the college does not appeal it. For now, the board’s decision on union membership is put on hold and the full-time professors’ union, California Teachers’ Association, can’t represent the part-time professors until a labor board rules, said Bill Greulich, spokesman for the college.

VVC officials are waiting for a recommendation from their attorney before they decide whether or not to appeal the decision, Greulich said.

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