Group of D.C. government judges seeks to organize for first time

Some District judges have found themselves in the unusual position of envying the city’s teachers, firefighters and garbage collectors. Those jobs come with something not currently available to those who wear robes to work: the ability to join a union.

Now a group of city administrative law judges is seeking to organize for the first time, and the months-long effort — taking place over the strenuous objections of the judges’ supervisor — has generated frustration among union advocates who think Mayor Vincent C. Gray has failed to match his pro-labor rhetoric with action.