named programs · 4 · from sources
What they call their work
Collective Bargaining
Negotiates and enforces a seven-year collective-bargaining agreement covering judges' working conditions, including hearing scheduling, office relocations, and case processing
Grievance and Arbitration Representation
Represents members in Weingarten Rights meetings, grievance proceedings, and arbitration to enforce contract rights and workplace protections
Judicial Education
Provides professional development opportunities for judges on legal and medical issues related to disability and facilitates exchange of best practices
Legislative Action
Lobbies Congress on issues affecting administrative law judges, including judicial independence, health and safety protections, and due process rights
activities · 4 groups
What they do
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Membership Program Administration 1 activity
- Manages membership programs for active, managerial, and retired administrative law judgesOffers regular membership to non-managerial administrative law judges, associate membership to managerial judges including NHC judges, and retired membership to former SSA judges, with dues collected via ACH or Zelle. Maintains member-only sections of its website accessible through password registration.
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Professional Certification and Continuing Education 1 activity
- Offers professional development and peer exchange opportunities for judgesProvides professional development programming focused on legal and medical knowledge related to disability claims, and facilitates peer exchange among administrative law judges to support professional growth.
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Labor Union Member Support Services 1 activity
- Provides representation in grievances, disciplinary actions, and arbitration proceedingsRepresents administrative law judges during Weingarten Rights meetings, grievances, contract disputes, arbitration proceedings, and disciplinary actions to enforce their workplace rights.
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Labor Union Representation & Organizing 1 activity
- Represents federal administrative law judges in collective bargaining and employment rightsAdvocates for federal administrative law judges in matters related to collective bargaining agreements, fair employment standards, and workplace rights. Negotiated a seven-year collective-bargaining agreement in 2022 and engages in mid-term bargaining on hearing scheduling, office conditions, transfers, and case processing.
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financials · form 990 · fy2023
revenue
Total revenue$510K
Contributions & grants$1K0%
Program service revenue$482K95%
Investment income$27K5%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$641K
Program expenses—
Admin / overhead—
Fundraising—
Salaries & benefits$0
Grants paid out$3K
Largest expense lineProfessional Fees
balance sheet
Total assets$1.30M
Cash$1.30M
Investments$0
Liabilities$42K
Net assets$1.26M
Liquid reserves24.3 mo
2 years on record · 2020–2023 · YoY revenue +7.7%
relationships · 12
Who they work with
- AFL-CIO Network — IFPTE, the union to which AALJ is affiliated, is an affiliate of the AFL-CIO.
- Congressional Research Service Government — IFPTE represents researchers at the Congressional Research Service, part of the affiliated network including AALJ.
- Department of Defense Government — IFPTE represents engineers at the Department of Defense, part of the broader affiliation network including AALJ.
- Department of Justice Government — IFPTE, which AALJ is affiliated with, represents immigration judges at the Department of Justice.
- Government Accountability Office Government — IFPTE represents employees of the Government Accountability Office, within the same union network as AALJ.
- International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers Network — AALJ is affiliated with IFPTE and is known as IFPTE Judicial Council No. 1.
- NASA Government — IFPTE represents NASA rocket scientists, within the same union network to which AALJ belongs.
- Office of Hearings Operations Government — Subunit of the Social Security Administration explicitly stated as unaffiliated with AALJ.
- SSA Government — Employer of administrative law judges who are eligible for AALJ membership and through which dues withholding is administered.
- Social Security Administration Government — Federal agency where member administrative law judges conduct adjudications.
- Social Security Administration Government — Federal agency where represented administrative law judges conduct adjudications.
- Social Security Administration Government — Noted as a government agency with which AALJ is not affiliated.
strategies · 2
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Collective Bargaining for Workplace Advocacymethodology: collective_bargainingBy organizing administrative law judges into a unified bargaining unit, the association increases their collective influence to negotiate fair employment standards and improve workplace conditions, because unified representation produces stronger leverage than individual action.
- Empowerment Through Rights Enforcementmethodology: rights_enforcement_empowermentBy actively enforcing legal and contractual rights through arbitration and formal advocacy, the association strengthens members' autonomy and workplace authority, because structured enforcement mechanisms reinforce professional dignity and compliance.