Exhibit 10.1
                        AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT


     This  Amendment  made  as of this  20th  day of May,  2002,  to  Employment
Agreement  dated  November  18,  1999,  is made  between  American  Locker Group
Incorporated,  a Delaware  corporation (the "Company") and EDWARD F. RUTTENBERG,
an individual residing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, (the "Executive").

                                   WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS,  the  Company  and the  Executive  are  parties  to an  Employment
Agreement dated November 18, 1999 (the "Agreement").

     WHEREAS,  the parties  hereto wish to amend the  Agreement  to make certain
changes as set forth herein.

     NOW  THEREFORE,  for good and valuable  consideration  and  intending to be
bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

          1.   Section 2 of the  Agreement  is amended to delete  "November  18,
               2002" and to insert in lieu thereof "November 18, 2005";

          2.   Section 3(a) is amended to delete "$14,583" and to insert in lieu
               thereof "$15,620";

          3.   Section 9 of the Agreement is amended to label the existing first
               paragraph as subsection  "(a)" and to add the  following  section
               (b) and (c):

               (b)  In the  event of a Sale of the  Company  during  the term of
                    this  Agreement,  the Company  shall pay to the  Executive a
                    special  bonus,  in  addition  to  all  other   compensation
                    hereunder,  equal to one year's  base  salary at the rate in
                    effect on the  closing  of such Sale.  Such  bonus  shall be
                    payable  promptly  after the  consummation  of such Sale but
                    shall be  disregarded  in the  computation of benefits under
                    profit sharing or any other benefit or incentive plan of the
                    Company.  For the purposes of this  Section  9(b), a Sale of
                    the Company  shall mean any merger or sale of  substantially
                    all assets of the Company or the sale or exchange to or with
                    one  entity  or  group  acting  in  concert  or more  than a
                    majority of the outstanding  shares if the Company  entitled
                    to vote upon the election of directors.

               (c)  In the event that the payment conditions of Section 9(a) and
                    Section 9(b) are met at the same time, payment shall be made
                    under  Section 9(a). In the event that payment is made under
                    Section  9(a)  hereof,  section  9(b) shall be of no further
                    force or  effect.  In the event  that  payment is made under
                    Section 9(b) hereof and thereafter the payment conditions of
                    Section  9(a) are  met,  the  amount  of the  payment  under
                    Section  9(a) shall be reduced by the amount of the  payment
                    made under Section 9(b).

          4.   Except as expressly set forth herein,  the Agreement shall remain
               unamended and in full force and effect.

     WITNESS the due execution hereof.


                                       COMPANY:

                                       American Locker Group Incorporated


                                       By/s/ROY J. GLOSSER
                                            --------------
                                       Title: President and Chief Operating
                                              Officer


                                       EXECUTIVE:


                                       /s/ EDWARD F. RUTTENBERG
                                           --------------------
                                           Edward F. Ruttenberg