A sticky proposal to give Colorado sheepherders a pay raise
The sheep industry in Colorado girded for “a storm” after the Labor Department proposed tripling the minimum pay for the sheepherders who spent weeks at a time on the range, say KUNC-FM and Rocky Mountain PBS. The herders, who are mostly South Americans working under H2-A visas, are paid a minimum of $750 a month in… » Read More
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