Wonkbook: Ivanka Trump hits the road to boost workers as her father plans cuts to job training

By Danielle Paquette Before he landed the apprenticeship th...   The latest economic and domestic policy from Wonkblog   Want the inside skinny on President Trump's economic team, and what will happen to Dodd-Frank and tax reform on Capitol Hill? Tory Newmyer has you covered with our newest newsletter, The Finance 202. SIGN UP >> Ivanka Trump hosts a meeting on human trafficking with congressional leaders May 17 in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. (Evan Vucci/AP) By Danielle Paquette Before he landed the apprenticeship that doubled his wages, Ron Robinson learned how to drive a forklift, mix cement and perform CPR. This training, he said, set him up for the lucrative construction job — and he got it all for free. Over the past year, the Milwaukee resident went from cleaning houses for $12 an hour to helping demolish them for $24. Now Robinson fears President Trump's proposed cuts to the country's job-training programs could jeopardize the very service the 49-year-old thanks for his upward mobility. "It'd be a big mistake for our future," he said. "Losing this stuff would be a minus for the construction world and the state of Wisconsin." On Tuesday, Trump, his older daughter Ivanka Trump and Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta will travel to a technical college in Waukesha County, Wis. — 20 miles from Robinson's home — to highlight the administration's plan to downsize government-funded job training programs and replace them with private-sector partnerships. The Trumps plan to tour job-training classrooms, meet with local business owners and talk about ways to connect job seekers to talent-hungry companies. That's particularly challenging in places like Waukesha County. Read the rest on Wonkblog. 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