Workers that have been locked out by the Coast Victoria Hotel went to Calgary this week for a protest, while the employer says the two parties are engaged with a mediator.

The hotel locked out its workers on Sept. 17, after the employees had been on strike for almost one month.

The union says the workers went to the Coast Calgary Downtown Hotel to send a message to the company.

“We’re here in Calgary to tell Coast Hotels: if you continue to lock us out, we’ll take our fight wherever you operate,” Melissa Irvine, a locked-out housekeeper from Coast Victoria, said in a news release.

“We take pride in our work, but we can’t afford to live in the city where we work.”

The union says it is fighting for living wages, safe workloads and respect on the job.

“Coast’s owner, APA Group, a multib

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