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At Starbucks locations in Washington, D.C. employees are writing the words "come together" on coffee cups.

Starbucks' CEO Howard Schultz said the phrase is meant specifically for lawmakers.

The message is to try and inspire them to work together and come up with a solution before the fiscal cliff approaches.

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McDonald's sales had dropped 2.2% in October, so they stayed open on Thanksgiving.

And wouldn't you know it, their sales climbed 2.5% in November!

So of course they'd like to try it again, to make even more money this holiday season.

That's right, they want locations to stay open on Christmas day!!

Say whaaaat??

An internal McDonald's memo said:

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This is just wrong: Jerry Sandusky, who has just been convicted on a bunch of counts of molesting children and will be spending the next 30-60 years in prison, is going to be able to keep his pension.

We're sorry, but if you use your job and the status that comes with that job to prey on young boys sexually, you should not be allowed to keep your pension. That's bullshizz!

Tags: child, children, employees, fight, jerry sandusky, lawyer, money, retire, retirement, sandusky, sex

Servers at Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Red Lobster and other restaurants are suing the restaurant's parent company.

They claim that they weren't allowed to clock-in until customers arrived and had overtime pay withheld from them.

Specifically, they said they regularly worked over 40 hours a week but did not receive overtime compensation.

The lawsuit is against Darden Restaurants, and they're looking to get

Tags: attorney, bread, cause, company, customer, employees, lawsuit, legal, restaurant, restaurants, serious, steak, work

Beef Products Inc. (BPI) is the company that makes "pink slime."

BPI said it will be laying off 86 employees from its South Dakota corporate office because of a "campaign of misinformation."

This is their second round of layoffs since all the negative publicity surrounded its gross beef product.

The company and outside food-safety companies declare "pink slime" safe to eat, but it was just too gross for most people when they found out what it was actually made of.

Which is basically a bunch of yuck. Gross.

This round of layoffs is nothing compared to the initial 650 people who lost their jobs at three plants.

We feel really badly that people had to lose their jobs but we still feel like it's good that we know where our food is coming from and that the general public can cause real change.

Tags: beef, campaign, change, company, eat, employees, food, gross, jobs, lost, people, pink slime, product, products, safety, yuck

Wow! What an idea!

Combining a treadmill and a desk…

Would it solve America's fitness epidemic or just turn the entire workforce against their bosses?

Apparently some businesses have actually bought some of these and have found that not only are their employees losing weight and getting healthier, they're more productive.

Must be hard to lay back in your chair and slack off when you're walking 2 miles an hour.

Check out the video (above) to learn about this amazing torture device fitness tool!

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The rules of owning a restaurant are complicated. The rules of owning multiple restaurants are also complicated.

What isn't complicated is knowing that confiscating part of your waiters', captains' and other employees' tips to supplement your profits is not a legal thing to do.

And that's exactly what Mario Batali is in trouble for!

But the good news is — after all these years (since 2004) of getting ripped off on tips and legal filings, Mario Batali has agreed to pay out $5.25 million.

Let's hope this never happens again!

[Image via WENN.]

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