Ivanka Trump hosts a meeting on human trafficking with congressional leaders May 17 in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. This training, he said, set him up for the lucrative construction job — and he got it all for free. 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. Employers in such areas can have trouble filling roles, even as they raise wages, Ivanka Trump noted in a press call last week. Half the people we reach don’t know the opportunity exists.”One focus that appears to have escaped the cuts was apprenticeships.

Source: Washington Post June 13, 2017 11:13 UTC