After a group of Cloud 9 employees walk out to protest Glenn's firing in last season's finale, Amy convinces her co-workers to turn the walkout into a full-fledged strike. Jonah tries to make the most of his one year of business school by joining Amy in negotiating with corporate. Almost immediately the ambitious Mateo regrets going on strike and sneaks back into the store to impress Jeff, the district manager corporate sent to manage the store during the crisis. Dina is also determined to impress Jeff as she's trying to be renamed assistant manager, and Garrett meets a beautiful woman on the picket line who proves too good to be true.