The Pajama Game Tickets Continued
The story of The Pajama Game deals with labor troubles in a
pajama factory, where the workers' demands for a seven and a half
cent raise are going unheeded. In the midst of this ordeal, love
blossoms between Babe, a union leader, and Sid, the new factory
superintendent.
A strike is imminent at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory. The union
is seeking a wage rise of seven and a half cents an hour. Sid and
Babe are in opposite camps yet a romance is born between them. At
first Babe rejects Sid and he is forced to confide his feelings to a
dictaphone. During the picnic for the factory workers, he makes
better progress, but their estrangement is reinforced when they
return to the factory. A go-slow is staged by the union, strongly
supported by Babe. Sid, as factory superintendent, demands an "honest
day's work" and threatens to fire slackers. Babe is enraged by his
attitude and kicks her foot into the machinery, causes a general
breakdown and is immediately fired by Sid.
Hines, the popular efficiency expert, is in love with Gladys, the
company president's secretary. Periodically, he brings a more
optimistic outlook to the life of the factory. Becoming convinced
that Babe's championship of the union is justified, Sid simulates an
interest in Gladys by taking her out for the evening to the night
club, Hernando's Hideaway. Through her help, he is eventually able to
gain access to the firm's books and discovers that the boss Hasler
has been adding to his price the pay increase demanded by the
workers.
Sid then brings about Hasler's consent to a pay rise and is able
to bring peace to the factory and to his love life. Everyone goes out
to celebrate at Hernando's Hideaway.
