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.
| Directing | Ken Loach | Director |
| Writing | Paul Laverty | Writer |
| Camera | Barry Ackroyd | Director of Photography |
| Production | Rebecca O'Brien | Producer |
| Art | Martin Johnson | Production Design |
| Sound | Ray Beckett | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michele Michel | Costume Designer |
| Production | Ronnie Yeskel | Casting |
| Production | Richard Hicks | Casting |
| Editing | Jonathan Morris | Editor |
| Sound | George Fenton | Music |
| Production | Ulrich Felsberg | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Ricardo Méndez Matta | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Sharon Swab | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Susanna Lenton | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Cathy Mickel Gibson | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Steve Brooksbank | Casting Associate |
| Production | Heidi S. Pavey | Production Coordinator |
| Directing | Bradley Morris | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Ken Lavet | Location Manager |
| Production | Quentin Halliday | Assistant Location Manager |
| Production | Caleb Duffy | Assistant Location Manager |
| Camera | Diego Quemada-Díez | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Carl Hudson | Focus Puller |
| Camera | Matthew Pearce | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | William Olofsson | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Haskell Wexler | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Clinton Dougherty | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Merrick Morton | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Marcelo Colacilli | Gaffer |
| Lighting | David S. Bouza | Best Boy Electric |
| Lighting | Kevin Cadwallader | Electrician |
| Camera | Orlando Hernandez | Key Grip |
| Camera | Calvin Starnes | Best Boy Grip |
| Camera | Bryan Wheatley | Grip |
| Sound | Joseph F. Brennan | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Richard Kite | Utility Sound |
| Art | Tucker Doherty | Art Direction |
| Art | Melissa M. Levander | Set Decoration |
| Art | Michael Klingerman | Leadman |
| Art | Treven Bedwell | Set Dresser |
| Art | Paula Maslowski | Art Department Assistant |
| Art | Michael Lindsay | Property Master |
| Art | Chris Forster | Construction Manager |
| Art | Eric Reichardt | Painter |
| Costume & Make-Up | Veronique Guillem | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvette Perez | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Javier Arrieta | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Production | Cynthia Garcia Walker | Production Accountant |
| Production | Jeff Wickline | Assistant Accountant |
| Editing | Anthony Morris | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Paul Clegg | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Jeffrey R. Coulter | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Lance Cherniet | Transportation Coordinator |
| Crew | Roger Bojarski Jr. | Transportation Captain |
| Crew | Wesley Staples | Studio Teacher |
| Production | Janet Cunningham | Extras Casting |
