A tired mother works to maintain her family life while dealing with her spiteful husband who just got fired from his job and is willing to go on strike to get his position back.

As a member of the defense industry, a man recalls his memories throughout his work life. He encounters a former management and realizes how he and his employees are part of the greater picture in the world.

A co-worker gives a new staff member an introductory tour of the office, while providing small gossip about other employees along the way.

The laborers at a gas plant use all means to evade company rules and withdraw their money as they please.

An aging factory worker faces a jarring surprise at work months before his retirement. As capitalism chugs along, employees get caught in its cogs.

A manager at a railroad electrifying company reluctantly takes on a man who is being abused by his wife, allowing him to try his best at the job and earn some money. Unfortunately, the man’s hard work is soon eclipsed by his wife’s brutality.

A Black mail clerk faces potential unemployment when the white woman he likes files a workplace sexual harassment complaint against him.

As a university professor acts as a sounding board for everyone else’s problems, her own stress mounts to a dangerous peak.

When a man believes his job is at risk because of an annoying, incompetent woman at his office, he decides to take drastic action to end her influence once and for all.

When a tragedy occurs at a construction site on Good Friday, the devout foreman's religion fails to save him or his men.