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WANTED: 80,000 TRUCK DRIVERS TO HELP FIX THE SUPPLY CHAIN

Oct 20, 2021 at 10:25 AM CST

The trucking industry is short 80,000 drivers, a record high, Chris Spear, President and CEO of the American Trucking Associations, tells CNN. That's a 30% increase from before the pandemic, when the industry already faced a labor shortage of 61,500 drivers.