Whistle At Eaton Falls

This well-meaning, though not entirely successful, story of labor-management relations opens in Eaton Falls, New Hampshire, where the president of the local plastics plant has been killed in a airplane crash. Bridges, a union leader, is promoted to be president and finds he has inherited a wealth of trouble. The plant needs to be more cost-effective, and therefore faces worker layoffs. Knowing what it is like to be on the workers' side of the fence, Bridges tries to save some jobs, but the union, led by Hamilton, disagrees with his methods. They are unable to come to an understanding, and the factory closes down. Eventually, and all too easily, the dispute is settl...