A four-act comedy stages the clash between owners and workers through interwoven domestic and workshop scenes, beginning in an urban salon and moving to a provincial town. Employers, a factory director, an industrialist and a chorus of operatives and servants present opposing viewpoints as strikes, negotiations and daily frictions unfold. The drama juxtaposes vivid social confrontation with appeals to reconciliation, examining economic power, solidarity, and the practical need to harmonize competing interests without resorting to violence. Intimate family moments and everyday detail humanize the broader critique and give voice to both management and labor.