Around 5,100 truck drivers lost their jobs in August as the trucking 'bloodbath' rages on

Truck drivers like Chad Boblett, a Lexington, Kentucky-based owner-operator, said 2019 has been a "bloodbath." Rates in the spot market, where loads are moved on demand rather than being facilitated through a contract, are down 15% from last year, when truckers reaped historic profits. And now the …