Niles Pie Company

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

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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Small business context

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.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 207 scored entries below, 19 tied, 0 above on Ownership.

Linked evidence
  • Niles Pie says it is worker-owned, with strategic decision-making governed democratically on a one-member-one-vote basis. [1]
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.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 207 scored entries below, 17 tied, 2 above on Governance.

Linked evidence
  • Niles Pie says worker-owners govern the company, share profits and risks, and make decisions about workplace governance, annual budget, direction, and strategy. [2]
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.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 173 scored entries below, 34 tied, 19 above on Extraction.

Linked evidence
  • context Niles Pie says it is worker-owned, with strategic decision-making governed democratically on a one-member-one-vote basis. [1]
  • context Niles Pie says worker-owners govern the company, share profits and risks, and make decisions about workplace governance, annual budget, direction, and strategy. [2]
  • context Niles Pie describes itself as a worker-owned pie shop and bakery focused on product quality and local food-industry opportunity. [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

Niles Pie says it is worker-owned, with strategic decision-making governed democratically on a one-member-one-vote basis.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 205 scored entries below, 21 tied, 0 above on Labor Sovereignty.

Linked evidence
  • context Niles Pie says it is worker-owned, with strategic decision-making governed democratically on a one-member-one-vote basis. [1]
  • context Niles Pie says worker-owners govern the company, share profits and risks, and make decisions about workplace governance, annual budget, direction, and strategy. [2]
  • context Niles Pie describes itself as a worker-owned pie shop and bakery focused on product quality and local food-industry opportunity. [3]
Solidarity with the Unemployed
?
Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment, and non-competes.
5 / 7

Niles Pie says it is worker-owned, with strategic decision-making governed democratically on a one-member-one-vote basis.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 158 scored entries below, 38 tied, 30 above on Solidarity with the Unemployed.

Linked evidence
  • context Niles Pie says it is worker-owned, with strategic decision-making governed democratically on a one-member-one-vote basis. [1]
  • context Niles Pie says worker-owners govern the company, share profits and risks, and make decisions about workplace governance, annual budget, direction, and strategy. [2]
  • context Niles Pie describes itself as a worker-owned pie shop and bakery focused on product quality and local food-industry opportunity. [3]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity
?
Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.
6 / 7

Niles Pie says it is worker-owned, with strategic decision-making governed democratically on a one-member-one-vote basis.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 163 scored entries below, 54 tied, 9 above on Loss-Bearing Fidelity.

Linked evidence
  • context Niles Pie says it is worker-owned, with strategic decision-making governed democratically on a one-member-one-vote basis. [1]
  • context Niles Pie says worker-owners govern the company, share profits and risks, and make decisions about workplace governance, annual budget, direction, and strategy. [2]
  • context Niles Pie describes itself as a worker-owned pie shop and bakery focused on product quality and local food-industry opportunity. [3]
Market Conduct
?
Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
4 / 5

Niles Pie says it is worker-owned, with strategic decision-making governed democratically on a one-member-one-vote basis.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 106 scored entries below, 73 tied, 47 above on Market Conduct.

Linked evidence
  • context Niles Pie says it is worker-owned, with strategic decision-making governed democratically on a one-member-one-vote basis. [1]
  • context Niles Pie says worker-owners govern the company, share profits and risks, and make decisions about workplace governance, annual budget, direction, and strategy. [2]
  • context Niles Pie describes itself as a worker-owned pie shop and bakery focused on product quality and local food-industry opportunity. [3]
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.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 134 scored entries below, 92 tied, 0 above on Product Integrity.

Linked evidence
  • Niles Pie describes itself as a worker-owned pie shop and bakery focused on product quality and local food-industry opportunity. [3]
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.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 109 scored entries below, 81 tied, 36 above on Scale Integrity.

Linked evidence
  • context Niles Pie says it is worker-owned, with strategic decision-making governed democratically on a one-member-one-vote basis. [1]
  • context Niles Pie says worker-owners govern the company, share profits and risks, and make decisions about workplace governance, annual budget, direction, and strategy. [2]
  • context Niles Pie describes itself as a worker-owned pie shop and bakery focused on product quality and local food-industry opportunity. [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 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

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

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* 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.

Ownership Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

2Niles Pie says worker-owners govern the company, share profits and risks, and make decisions about workplace governance, annual budget, direction, and strategy.

Governance Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

3Niles Pie describes itself as a worker-owned pie shop and bakery focused on product quality and local food-industry opportunity.

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

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