MCCALL, Idaho — A nursing professor and nursing students from Carrington College in Boise are taking time to look after the health of Peruvian sheepherders, as their job can be a trying task -- both ...

On a windy, treeless plain that spans the Colorado-Utah border, César Momouy Balca lives most of the year in a 12-foot trailer miles from the nearest town. A Peruvian sheepherder, native of the high ...

Two Peruvian sheepherders return from a day spent tending sheep in the mountains of Idaho, with three dogs in tow and a horse grazing in the background. Photo by Daniel Gonzalez Jaime. Illustration by ...

Not b-a-a-d work if you can get it. Carrington College nursing instructor Dr. Betzi Quiroz has been working with Peruvian sheepherders in Idaho for 28 years. Today, there are more than 200 in charge ...

That visa allows foreign nationals to enter the United States for temporary or seasonal agriculture work, and because of the high demand for sheepherders in the U.S., there's a special classification ...

DENVER—The U.S. Labor Department on Tuesday said foreign-born sheepherders must earn the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, roughly doubling their pay. For decades, these sheepherders have led a ...

Sheepherders from Peru and Chile come to Colorado to do work Americans apparently don’t want to do. Migrant sheepherders sign three-year contracts and live in “campitos” – mini trailers with no ...

Carrington College nursing instructor Dr. Betzi Quiroz has been working with Peruvian sheepherders in Idaho for 28 years. Today, there are more than 200 in charge of a couple thousand sheep throughout ...

A Peruvian herder is suing the Western Range Association, a livestock industry group, accusing its members of antitrust violations and wage-fixing. According to court records, the plaintiff is Cirilo ...

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The Statesman’s Aug. 23 article on the working conditions for sheepherders in Idaho accurately depicts the long-standing problems with the H-2A visa program that permits ranchers to bring in foreign ...