The agricultural workers became eligible Friday and were getting vaccinated at an on-site clinic. Author: Janet Oravetz (9News) Updated: 2:19 PM MST March 5, 2021
GREELEY, Colo. A new group of people including people age 60 and older and agricultural workers are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Colorado, and some of them got their shots right away at their workplaces.
On Friday, two vaccine clinics were hosted at Cargill Protein and JBS USA as phase 1B.3 of Colorado’s vaccination distribution, which opens to individuals 60 and up, frontline grocery and agricultural workers, and individuals 16-59 with two or more high-risk conditions.
CALGARY RCMP are reviewing a complaint filed by the family of Benito Quesada, the worker at the Cargill Protein plant south of Calgary who lost his battle with COVID-19 last May. Foothills County RCMP say the review will look at the allegations surrounding Quesada’s death, which the family and union representing Cargill workers believe is criminal in nature. Quesada tested positive for the virus in April 2020 before being taken to hospital, where he was comatose and placed on a ventilator. The 51-year-old died in hospital on May 7, 2020. United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 401 say the death could have been prevented if the company had listened to the concerns of employees and the union earlier.
iPolitics By Kelsey Johnson. Published on Dec 18, 2020 12:15pm (Matthew Usherwood/iPolitics)
Good morning and welcome to the Sprout, where it’s National Roast Suckling Pig Day a holiday, we must admit, that seems quite elaborate for a Friday night during a pandemic.
Reminder, the Sprout will be taking a holiday break from Dec. 23 to Jan. 3. We’ll be back with all your agriculture news on Jan. 4. Now, here’s today’s agriculture news.
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A Cargill beef-processing plant in Guelph, Ont., has been temporarily shut down due to an outbreak of COVID-19.
“As we continue to prioritize the health and safety of Cargill employees, we have decided to temporarily idle our Guelph protein facility,” Jon Nash, Cargill Protein’s North American leader, said Thursday in an emailed statement, as reported by Bloomberg. “Our focus now is on continuing to keep our employees safe and getting our facility back to normal operations.”
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Cargill to idle Canadian meat plant after COVID cases
Isis Almeida and Marcy Nicholson, Bloomberg News Signage is displayed outside the Cargill Inc. meat plant in Chambly, Quebec, Canada, on Monday, May 11, 2020. The case-ready facility for beef, pork, chicken and sausage has shut down as the company is âconcerned about the number of cases in the community and among our employees,â according to a May 9 statement. Photographer: Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg , Bloomberg
Cargill Inc. is temporarily shutting down its beef processing plant in the Canadian province of Ontario after some employees tested positive for Covid-19.
âAs we continue to prioritize the health and safety of Cargill employees, we have decided to temporarily idle our Guelph protein facility,â Jon Nash, Cargill Proteinâs North American leader, said Thursday in an emailed statement. âOur focus now is on continuing to keep our employees s