worker-owned pie shop and bakery
Niles Pie Company
Industry Food
A worker-owned pie shop and bakery in Union City selling pies and baked goods, with democratic ownership and local food production. Niles Pie Company scores well because ownership is comparatively aligned and governance has stronger accountability than peers, and no current penalty outweighs that structure.
Why this matters: A neighborhood bakery is a realistic everyday alternative when ownership and work are tied together.
Letter grade A Good Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.
This entry is classified as a small business using observable scale signals: independent control, local or limited operations, and no evidence of public-company or national-chain scale. The small-business calibration keeps the ordinary rubric but reads evidence at person scale: living-wage pricing is not extraction by itself, while worker and contractor treatment, owner surplus, transparency, advertising pressure, dissent tolerance, and recourse matter more. Harm, toxicity, surveillance, labor, coercion, opacity, and hidden-parent penalties are not relaxed.
Applied cap: No structure cap
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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)
- ThoroughnessPartial (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 |
Niles Pie says it is worker-owned, with strategic decision-making governed democratically on a one-member-one-vote basis. Linked evidence
|
Governance
?
Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic
stakeholder control at 10.
|
9 / 10 |
Niles Pie says worker-owners govern the company, share profits and risks, and make decisions about workplace governance, annual budget, direction, and strategy. Linked evidence
|
Extraction
?
Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured
extraction judgment.
|
8 / 10 |
Niles Pie says it is worker-owned, with strategic decision-making governed democratically on a one-member-one-vote basis. Linked evidence
|
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 |
Niles Pie says it is worker-owned, with strategic decision-making governed democratically on a one-member-one-vote basis. Linked evidence
|
Solidarity with the
Unemployed
?
Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment,
and non-competes.
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5 / 7 |
Niles Pie says it is worker-owned, with strategic decision-making governed democratically on a one-member-one-vote basis. Linked evidence
|
Loss-Bearing Fidelity
?
Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and
public obligations.
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6 / 7 |
Niles Pie says it is worker-owned, with strategic decision-making governed democratically on a one-member-one-vote basis. Linked evidence
|
Market Conduct
?
Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
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4 / 5 |
Niles Pie says it is worker-owned, with strategic decision-making governed democratically on a one-member-one-vote basis. Linked evidence
|
Product Integrity
?
Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
|
5 / 5 |
The linked record identifies Niles Pie as a worker-owned pie shop and bakery focused on product quality and local food-industry opportunity. Linked evidence
|
Scale Integrity
?
Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
|
4 / 5 |
Niles Pie says it is worker-owned, with strategic decision-making governed democratically on a one-member-one-vote basis. Linked evidence
|
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 70/100
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 12/18
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
Claims and Sources
Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.1Niles Pie says it is worker-owned, with strategic decision-making governed democratically on a one-member-one-vote basis.
- Niles Pie aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
2Niles Pie says worker-owners govern the company, share profits and risks, and make decisions about workplace governance, annual budget, direction, and strategy.
- Niles Pie aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
3Niles Pie describes itself as a worker-owned pie shop and bakery focused on product quality and local food-industry opportunity.
- Niles Pie aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
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Added source-backed tentative evaluation during the hospitality, travel, restaurants, and better-alternatives expansion pass.