Trucking has been in a recession since late 2018 and the coronavirus is just the latest slam on some of America's most vulnerable workers

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Aaron Terrazas is the director of economic research at Convoy, a digital freight network.

He says that, for the millions of truckers around the United States, the current recession is old news there's been a freight recession since 2018.

It's important to remember the real impact of a recession: the disruptive effect it has on workers' lives.

Truckers in the freight recession shouldn't just be forgotten or lumped in with a nationwide average.

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The longest expansion in US history has come to an end. It will still be a while before the arbiter of US economic expansions and contractions the economists who make up the National Bureau of Economic Research's Business Cycle Dating Committee is able to fully assess the data and make it official, but that feels like a technicality. In many ways, we've lost our northstar for why recessions matter: We've become too focused on the details and lost sight of the people behind the mind-numbing statistics that we see with each passing week.

For the nation's millions of truckers, this recession is old news. It's one reason why truckers rolled into the streets of Washington, D.C. earlier this month in protest, and have gathered for smaller protests in a handful of other cities in recent weeks. See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: Pathologists debunk 13 coronavirus mythsSee Also:'Nobody talks about failure in Silicon Valley': I started a food delivery service that grew to 20 million in revenue before it tanked. Here's what happened.As humans head back to work, pets may experience separation anxiety. Here's how pet owners can manage the transition.I'm a psychologist treating doctors during the coronavirus pandemic. They're already in a mental health crisis and they need as many resources as we can offer.SEE ALSO: 88,300 truck drivers lost their jobs in April, and it's the biggest trucking job loss on record

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