Aarne Kalske

A four-act drama set in a factory district in Finland at the turn of 1917–1918 follows a trade-unionized workforce confronting a factory director over wages and conditions. Worker Aarne Kalske leads delegations to Tirehtööri Ståhle while class tensions play out through family interactions, notably Ståhle's daughter Elsie, and the domestic struggles of laborers such as Kohonen. Scenes move between the director's office, a worker's home, and the factory yard, tracing growing polarization, strikes, and the community's descent into political violence as Red and White forces appear, showing how industrial grievances intersect with personal loyalties.