12-05-2020 22:39 via calgary.ctvnews.ca

Second Cargill worker in High River, Alta. who died of COVID-19 identified by union

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 Hi
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