AstoryaboutthestruggleoftheInternationalLadysGarmentWorkerUnion(ILGWU)tounionizeaNewYorksweatshop,RoxtonFashions,intheGarmentDistrict.LeeJ.CobbplaysWalterMitchelltheownerofacompanythatisdeterminedtokeeptheunionoutofhisshop.Hispartnerdoesnotagree,andonlywantstheworkerstohavealivingwage.Hediesinanaccident.KerwinMathewspalyshissonAlan,whocomesbacktoNewYorkafteralongabsence.Hedoesnotunderstandhisfathersangryresistancetotheunion,andsympathizeswiththeunion.
