The often brutal existence of seasonal sheepherders
Sheepherders who come to the U.S. on the H-2A work visa often face abuse from their employers, including threatened violence, confiscated passports, and withheld rations, according to farmworker attorneys, government officials, and human-trafficking experts. (No paywall)
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.