From factory workers to the king, members of all social classes in an industrialized society are distraught with their way of life and desire socioeconomic change. In scheming to join the revolution they deem inevitable, everyone struggles to be the first to initiate the highly desired change.

Workers at an American franchise restaurant located in southern China learn of the different ways American capitalism exploits them and creates food waste, leading them to rebel against their bosses.

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

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

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 Jewish communist quit working at an editorial bureau where his co-workers are bothered by his leftist ideology because of his boss' praises of him.

A group of working class people run a dangerous path toward a promised Elysium, and those who survive are rewarded with nothing they can appreciate or comprehend.

To earn enough money for college, a high school graduate takes a grueling factory job. He expects his only takeaway from the work to be a paycheck, but a mysterious coworker teaches him about the world and his place in it.

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.

In a job interview, a former factory worker explains how the Red Scare caused conflict at his previous workplace. When one of his coworkers is accused of sabotaging the new machines, the factory worker must defend that he is not a communist.