Michael Moore's 'Capitalism: A Love Story' DVD Extra Preview - Union Cab of Madison

In practical terms, Alvarado Street Bakery is run with each employee, or "member" of the cooperative, given one share a year in the company. That share grants the employee — from the CEO on down — a right to an equal vote on matters ranging from reinvesting profits to salaries to health and other benefits.

"Because we are they," said Girkout, "we tend to give ourselves the best benefits possible."

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"There's no big I's and little You's," said Ronnie Bell, a bread line quality control supervisor and one of those who attended the film's opening. "Everything is shared."

Girkout — and Moore, in his film — said that model has built a company that ships out 40,000 loaves of bread a day, where the average worker earns between $65,000 and $70,000 a year, where production workers earn between $18 and $22 an hour, and the ratio of executive to worker compensation is less than three to one.