The story of exploited textile factory workers in Turin, Italy at the turn of the century and their beginnings of their fight for better working conditions. Professor Sinigaglia (Marcello Mastroianni) is sent by (presumably) the Socialists to help them organize their strike and give form to their struggle.
The Organizer
A former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a late 19th Century textile factory.