Plot

An Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory's boss to help oppose the workers' demand for a pay raise.

Employees of the Sleeptite Pajama Factory are looking for a whopping seven-and-a-half-cent-an-hour increase and they won't take no for an answer. Babe Williams is their feisty employee representative, but she might have found her match in shop superintendent Sid Sorokin. When the two get together they wind up discussing a whole lot more than job actions.—A.L.Beneteau <albl@inforamp.net>

Myron Hasler, Vice-President of the Sleeptite Pajama Company, hires Sid Sorokin, new to town, as the company's new factory superintendent, with whom the union workers on the floor must deal. Sid, in negotiations with the union, must deal primarily with "Prez", the union President, and Katie Williams (Babe to her friends), the chair of the union's grievance committee. Babe does her union job well, as she can tell how legitimate her member's claims are and how hard to push for them against management. Despite their professional management/union struggles, Sid and Babe are attracted to each other, which Sid recognizes more than Babe does. But their personal and professional lives might not be able to mix, especially as the union has an outstanding grievance for an across-the-board 7½¢-per-hour wage increase, which would bring their wages in line with the industry standard. Despite the company doing good business, Hasler has thus far refused them the raise, blaming the Board of Directors who have to approve it. This standoff could ruin any chance of a personal relationship between Babe and Sid, unless this problem is resolved, which won't happen without drastic measures on one or both sides.—Huggo