Blue Tin Production

worker-owned apparel manufacturing cooperative

Blue Tin Production

Industry Clothing

A Chicago worker-owned apparel manufacturing cooperative producing sewn goods through immigrant, refugee, and working-class worker ownership. Blue Tin Production scores well because ownership is comparatively aligned and governance has stronger accountability than peers, and no current penalty outweighs that structure.

Why this matters: Blue Tin is a strong clothing-supply option because garment production power is held by workers rather than by an extractive brand or contractor chain.

Letter grade A Good Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1

Final Score 58* A - Good

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

Base Material58
Bonus+0
Cap66No structure cap
After Cap58
Penalties0
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Evaluation Overview

A - Good

The score turns mainly on Ownership; no penalty currently dominates the evaluation.

Strengths

  • Ownership10/10
  • Governance9/10
  • Extraction8/10

Penalties

  • No penalties applied in this version.

Evidence state

  • ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
  • ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
  • Linked claims3
  • Direct axis claims3
  • Coverage3/9

Scoring Axes

Axis Score Why this score
Ownership
?
Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control at 10.
10 / 10

The linked record identifies Blue Tin Production as a worker-owned cooperative apparel manufacturer, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment for clothing production.

Linked evidence
  • Blue Tin Production describes itself as a worker-owned cooperative apparel manufacturer, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment for clothing production. [1]
Governance
?
Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic stakeholder control at 10.
9 / 10

The linked record identifies Blue Tin Production as a worker-owned cooperative apparel manufacturer, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment for clothing production.

Linked evidence
  • context Blue Tin Production describes itself as a worker-owned cooperative apparel manufacturer, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment for clothing production. [1]
  • context Blue Tin produces apparel and sewn goods through a domestic cooperative manufacturing model, making the product useful while reducing the labor opacity common in garment supply chains. [2]
  • context The cooperative model makes worker control central to Blue Tin’s labor structure, giving garment workers substantially more agency than conventional apparel subcontracting. [3]
Extraction
?
Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured extraction judgment.
8 / 10

The linked record identifies Blue Tin Production as a worker-owned cooperative apparel manufacturer, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment for clothing production.

Linked evidence
  • context Blue Tin Production describes itself as a worker-owned cooperative apparel manufacturer, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment for clothing production. [1]
  • context Blue Tin produces apparel and sewn goods through a domestic cooperative manufacturing model, making the product useful while reducing the labor opacity common in garment supply chains. [2]
  • context The cooperative model makes worker control central to Blue Tin’s labor structure, giving garment workers substantially more agency than conventional apparel subcontracting. [3]
Labor Sovereignty
?
Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at 7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling, retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of worker voice, or extreme turnover.
7 / 7

The cooperative model makes worker control central to Blue Tin’s labor structure, giving garment workers substantially more agency than conventional apparel subcontracting.

Linked evidence
  • The cooperative model makes worker control central to Blue Tin’s labor structure, giving garment workers substantially more agency than conventional apparel subcontracting. [3]
Solidarity with the Unemployed
?
Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment, and non-competes.
5 / 7

The linked record identifies Blue Tin Production as a worker-owned cooperative apparel manufacturer, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment for clothing production.

Linked evidence
  • context Blue Tin Production describes itself as a worker-owned cooperative apparel manufacturer, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment for clothing production. [1]
  • context Blue Tin produces apparel and sewn goods through a domestic cooperative manufacturing model, making the product useful while reducing the labor opacity common in garment supply chains. [2]
  • context The cooperative model makes worker control central to Blue Tin’s labor structure, giving garment workers substantially more agency than conventional apparel subcontracting. [3]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity
?
Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.
7 / 7

The linked record identifies Blue Tin Production as a worker-owned cooperative apparel manufacturer, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment for clothing production.

Linked evidence
  • context Blue Tin Production describes itself as a worker-owned cooperative apparel manufacturer, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment for clothing production. [1]
  • context Blue Tin produces apparel and sewn goods through a domestic cooperative manufacturing model, making the product useful while reducing the labor opacity common in garment supply chains. [2]
  • context The cooperative model makes worker control central to Blue Tin’s labor structure, giving garment workers substantially more agency than conventional apparel subcontracting. [3]
Market Conduct
?
Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
4 / 5

The linked record identifies Blue Tin Production as a worker-owned cooperative apparel manufacturer, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment for clothing production.

Linked evidence
  • context Blue Tin Production describes itself as a worker-owned cooperative apparel manufacturer, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment for clothing production. [1]
  • context Blue Tin produces apparel and sewn goods through a domestic cooperative manufacturing model, making the product useful while reducing the labor opacity common in garment supply chains. [2]
  • context The cooperative model makes worker control central to Blue Tin’s labor structure, giving garment workers substantially more agency than conventional apparel subcontracting. [3]
Product Integrity
?
Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
4 / 5

Blue Tin produces apparel and sewn goods through a domestic cooperative manufacturing model, making the product useful while reducing the labor opacity common in garment supply chains.

Linked evidence
  • Blue Tin produces apparel and sewn goods through a domestic cooperative manufacturing model, making the product useful while reducing the labor opacity common in garment supply chains. [2]
Scale Integrity
?
Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
4 / 5

The linked record identifies Blue Tin Production as a worker-owned cooperative apparel manufacturer, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment for clothing production.

Linked evidence
  • context Blue Tin Production describes itself as a worker-owned cooperative apparel manufacturer, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment for clothing production. [1]
  • context Blue Tin produces apparel and sewn goods through a domestic cooperative manufacturing model, making the product useful while reducing the labor opacity common in garment supply chains. [2]
  • context The cooperative model makes worker control central to Blue Tin’s labor structure, giving garment workers substantially more agency than conventional apparel subcontracting. [3]

Penalties

No penalties applied in this version.

Bonus Credits

No bonus credits applied in this version.

Confidence Basis

Confidence Basis

Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.

Medium 68/100

3 verified linked claims 3 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 3/9 components covered

This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.

Claim confidence 20/20

3 verified linked claims

Source quality 10/18

Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability

Direct axis-specific claims 6/18

3 direct claims across 9 active components

Dispute load 12/12

0 disputed claims on this entity

Recency 10/10

Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026

Reviewer status 7/12

Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding

Component coverage 3/10

3/9 evidence-bearing components have direct support

Evidence State

Evidence State

Profile stateAI draft / human-pending
VerificationUnverified
ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
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Claims and Sources

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* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.
1Blue Tin Production describes itself as a worker-owned cooperative apparel manufacturer, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment for clothing production.

Ownership Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

2Blue Tin produces apparel and sewn goods through a domestic cooperative manufacturing model, making the product useful while reducing the labor opacity common in garment supply chains.

Product Integrity Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

3The cooperative model makes worker control central to Blue Tin’s labor structure, giving garment workers substantially more agency than conventional apparel subcontracting.

Labor Sovereignty Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

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