Costco Will Consider Hiring Former State Liquor Store Employees (But if They Want to Stay in Their Union... Maybe Not So Much)

Nine hundred people are set to lose their jobs at state liquor stores as a result of I-1183's passage—which sucks in this economy.

Now Costco, which paid more than $20 million to push them out of their jobs, says it will consider them for employment in its new spirits business.

With one big caveat: People who want to stay in the liquor store employees' union may not fare very well in Costco's hiring process, Costcto Chief Legal Officer Joel Benoliel told the Seattle Times today: