As fast-food workers suffered under the indignity of zero-hour contracts, Anna Burns-Francis stepped up to tell their stories. Her tireless reporting forced corporations to put employee welfare over greed.
When Anna Burns-Francis began her investigation into zero-hour contracts, she was gobsmacked. Fast-food giants had been hiring Kiwis without guaranteeing them any work, all while preventing them getting another job.
Anna's tenacious reporting exposed how greed was being prioritised at the expense of worker wellbeing, pressuring some of the world's wealthiest corporations into changing their policies and setting the wheels in motion on a groundbreaking law change.
In this conversation with broadcaster and media chaplain Rev Frank Ritchie, Anna discusses taking on the big guns while at Campbell Live, the demands of being TVNZ's US correspondent, and how approaching a story with curiosity can foster care for each other.