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Actors at Disneyland who perform as Mickey and Minnie Mouse, as well as other costumed characters at the California theme park, said Tuesday they are moving to form a union. Calling themselves “Magic United,” the cast members seeking to organize announced they are working with Actors’ Equity Association, a union representing 51,000 theater actors and stage managers across the U.S. …

Three separate unions representing flight attendants at major U.S. airlines are picketing and holding rallies at 30 airports on Tuesday as they push for new contracts and higher wages. The flight attendants are increasingly frustrated that pilots won huge pay raises last year while they continue to work for wages that, in some cases, have not increased in several years. …

The most recent inflation data shows that in January prices rose 3.1% year over year. That’s a significant improvement from when inflation spiked to over 9% in 2022, though it’s still above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target. Amidst this backdrop, many real estate experts predict that mortgage rates will drop somewhat this year from their current levels in the mid-6s …