Hank Teich with Christine Chavez, Southern California political director of the United Farm Workers of America (UFW), at the Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group conference in Washington, D.C., on April 9, 2005. Christine Chavez is the granddaughter of Cesar Chavez, founder of the UFW, who sacrificed for decades to win safer working conditions, better pay, and basic protections such as meal and rest breaks for farm workers.