خلاصه داستان : مایا یک زن جوان باهوش است که بدون کاغذ از مرز مکزیک می آید و به خانه خواهر بزرگتر خود روزا می رود. روزا مایا را به عنوان سرایدار استخدام می کند: یک سرویس نگهبان غیر صنفی قرارداد دارد ، سرپرست بد دهنی می تواند کارگران را از روی هوس از کار اخراج کند و...

Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she's also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.