The union that represents workers at the Cargill Protein facility in High River has identified the second worker who died from COVID-19 and said he was a Mexican immigrant who was 'proud' to have brought his family to Canada.
The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 401 is grieving the loss of Benito Quesada, a shop steward at Cargill in High River who died over the weekend.CALGARY -- The union that represents workers at the Cargill Protein facility in High River has identified the second worker who died from COVID-19 and said he was a Mexican immigrant who was "proud" to have brought his family to Canada.
Benito Quesada, 51, a union shop steward at the plant, died in hospital over the weekend, the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 401 said in a release Tuesday. "Benito was a quiet, gentle and humble man who came to Canada from Mexico to work at the Cargill plant in High River," said UFCW spokesperson Michael Hughes. "I had the pleasure of meeting Benito for the first time at a shop steward's training course in 2016. We had many conversations since them, and he always told me how proud he was for having been able to bring his family to Canada."Dr.
"I offer my sympathy to the friends and family of this individual and all those who have lost their lives from COVID-19," she said."We believe he was in a medically-induced coma on a ventilator for a considerable period of time. What he and his family must have faced over several weeks is unimaginable. We are working to provide whatever support we can to the family of our brother Benito. Our whole union grieves this terrible loss.
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