A story about the struggle of the International Ladys Garment Worker Union (ILGWU) to unionize a New York sweat shop Roxton Fashions in the Garment District. Lee J. Cobb plays Walter Mitchell the owner of a company that is determined to keep the union out of his shop. His partner does not agree and only wants the workers to have a living wage. He dies in an accident. Kerwin Mathews palys his son Alan who comes back to New York after a long absence. He does not understand his fathers angry resistance to t he union and sympathizes with the union.