poussaint: meanwhile, state senator christine radogno looked into what it would take to change the law what i also found out, though, is that this would not be a slam-dunk. as sensible as it sounded, there would be opposition to it. and when it had come up before, it was usually from the labor unions. and their position has traditionally been that they don't want to open up the child labor laws, fearing that if we go into those, we may change them in such a way that youths, young people, would be taking jobs away from adults. poussaint: but in this case, public opinion seemed to be on the side of changing the law, and the senator encouraged the youth league to keep up the media pressure. and everyone that heard the story thought the same thing -- this is a no-brainer, we need to change the law. poussaint: meanwhile the senator pursued another strategy behind the scenes. the other strategy was on my part to talk quietly with some of my colleagues who were in good stead with the labor unions and say, "you know, let's not make a big deal out of "you know, the labor issue involved here, "b