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Ivar's To Pay $15, Discourage Tips At Its Lake Union Restaurant

caption: Workers at Ivar's Salmon House on Lake Union will be getting a raise to $15 an hour before Seattle raises the minimum wage that high.
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Workers at Ivar's Salmon House on Lake Union will be getting a raise to $15 an hour before Seattle raises the minimum wage that high.
Flickr Photo/Peter Stevens (CC BY 2.0)

KUOW's Marcie Sillman talks with Bob Donegan, president and CEO of Ivar's, about why the popular Seattle fish and chips chain will give employees an immediate raise to $15 an hour, increase prices by about 20 percent and do away with tipping at its Lake Union restaurant.

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