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Oct 13, 2026

Michael MonksHOST
11:38
They sure are.
Chris MerrillHOST
11:38
Orange County prosecutors have reached a tentative $125 million settlement with GKN Aerospace.
Chris MerrillHOST
11:47
You remember back in May, there was a chemical emergency there.
Chris MerrillHOST
11:51
Well, this was Memorial Day weekend, I believe.
Chris MerrillHOST
12:42
I mean, yeah.
Michael MonksHOST
12:43
Yeah.
Michael MonksHOST
12:44
Well, the thing you need to know, beyond getting a check possibly, is that the plant, GKN, they're not going anywhere.
Michael MonksHOST
12:51
So they're paying this hefty, hefty sum, and they get to stay open.
Amy KingPANELIST
21:49
Uh, speaking of millions, this company's gonna hand over more than 100 million to make it right.
Amy KingPANELIST
21:56
So remember back in May when, uh, that aerospace company in Garden Grove had the chemical tank that was going to possibly explode? It's GKN Aerospace, and because of that, more than 50,000 residents had to get out of the neighborhoods, and the inconvenience caused is going to cost GKN Aerospace a pretty penny.
Amy KingPANELIST
22:22
$125 million settlement has been agreed to with Orange County prosecutors.
Bill HandelHOST
22:28
Yeah.
Rana ElsayedGUEST
3:33
So, uh, here it also depends on which field are you studying, like how many years, um, and also I think the funding options and whether you are gonna work with a company or not.
Rana ElsayedGUEST
3:46
So for my case as a aerospace engineer working in the material department here in Linköping University, so, um, I get a fund, a certain fund from a project that's mainly funded by Vinnova, and this fund is, uh, a collaboration between Linköping University and GKN which is industrial company.
Rana ElsayedGUEST
4:05
So both of them hired me, and I'm mainly taking salary because here as a PhD you take a salary.
Rana ElsayedGUEST
4:12
And I'm also, like studying some courses to kinda, like, you know, get a lot of knowledges that I need, and also at the same time I'm teaching some courses.

8 MINS LATER

Nike JohanssonHOST
12:40
It just tickles my brain.
Nike JohanssonHOST
12:41
[laughs] Um, okay, um, if we focus a bit on the research part, uh, how does it look in practice, like, day-to-day? Uh, are you in a lab, by your computer, uh, reading a lot, writing a lot? Like, how does it look for you on an average week?
Rana ElsayedGUEST
13:02
So on an average week now, because, like, the first year it was mainly reading, studying, and writing literature reviews because I wanted to build knowledge, but for now, which is my second year, um, um, like, the company I work with, GKN, they will print the samples that I'm gonna test, and I am just...
Rana ElsayedGUEST
13:22
I have received all the samples.
Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
30:36
Why not starting from, uh, the technological capabilities that are needed most to address, uh, the ecological crisis? So You know, even if the picture is not rosy at all, uh, to some extent, all of these things are already in place, uh, just not enough also because these things depend on the global societal balance of power.
Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
30:57
But in terms of, um, social movement, uh, from where I'm from, from Italy, that has been, uh, uh, moving in this direction, uh, not, you know, in terms of its own social movement itself, but also in changing the general narrative is, uh, the experience of the GKN factory collective.
Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
31:16
So these workers was fired, uh, by email with immediate effect, uh, in two thousand twenty-one, uh, exactly more or less five years ago.
Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
31:26
And they were producing, uh, car axles for luxury cars, so not your typical dream job basically.
Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
33:11
And this clearly was something that many people felt a need for.
Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
33:16
And, um, this, uh, dispute is still ongoing, and now they're launching a cooperative to produce cargo bicycle and solar panels.
Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
33:23
So if you Google online, um, ex GKN Florence and the cooperative ZKN for Future, you can find more information about this.
Licia CianettiHOST
33:33
Thank you.
Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
32:43
now volkswagen in germany has said that they want to cut 100 000 jobs so the fact that this dispute had so much support is also because it was no longer just about these particular jobs but also about a different vision for an ecological transition that is not used as an excuse to curtail working class rights but that expands sustainability and workers rights at the same time and this clearly was something that many people felt a need for.
Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
33:16
And this dispute is still ongoing, and now they're launching a cooperative to produce cargo bicycles and solar panels.
Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
33:23
So if you Google online XGKN Florence and the cooperative ZKN for Future, you can find more information about this.
Licia CianettiHOST
33:33
Thank you.
Licia CianettiHOST
33:34
And this is a very nice note to end on.
Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
32:43
now volkswagen in germany has said that they want to cut 100 000 jobs so the fact that this dispute had so much support is also because it was no longer just about these particular jobs but also about a different vision for an ecological transition that is not used as an excuse to curtail working class rights but that expands sustainability and workers rights at the same time and this clearly was something that many people felt a need for.
Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
33:16
And this dispute is still ongoing, and now they're launching a cooperative to produce cargo bicycles and solar panels.
Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
33:23
So if you Google online XGKN Florence and the cooperative ZKN for Future, you can find more information about this.
Licia CianettiHOST
33:33
Thank you.
Licia CianettiHOST
33:34
And this is a very nice note to end on.
Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
32:43
now volkswagen in germany has said that they want to cut 100 000 jobs so the fact that this dispute had so much support is also because it was no longer just about these particular jobs but also about a different vision for an ecological transition that is not used as an excuse to curtail working class rights but that expands sustainability and workers rights at the same time and this clearly was something that many people felt a need for.
Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
33:16
And this dispute is still ongoing, and now they're launching a cooperative to produce cargo bicycles and solar panels.
Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
33:23
So if you Google online XGKN Florence and the cooperative ZKN for Future, you can find more information about this.
Licia CianettiHOST
33:33
Thank you.
Licia CianettiHOST
33:34
And this is a very nice note to end on.
speaker_14SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
13:04
I'm asking everybody to hold this company accountable.
Rob McMillanCORRESPONDENT
13:08
Four months after a toxic gas leak at the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove forced the evacuation of about 50,000 residents, a group of concerned citizens protested today demanding an emergency moratorium preventing the facility from reopening unless and until changes are made.
speaker_16SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
13:28
They can't just throw money around and expect residents to look the other way.
speaker_16SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
13:32
People are not for sale.
speaker_17SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
13:34
Are you going to prioritize our health, our children's health? Are you going to support a moratorium on military manufacturing facilities? Or are you going to prioritize the corporate interest of GKN?
Rob McMillanCORRESPONDENT
13:48
GKN releasing a statement to Eyewitness News saying in part, quote, GKN is targeting a phased resumption of operations over the days and weeks ahead, subject to all necessary permits, and working with relevant officials and experts to do so.
Rob McMillanCORRESPONDENT
14:04
The gradual return to full production beyond this will be done with safety as top priority and in accordance with a court-approved safety plan.
Rob McMillanCORRESPONDENT
14:13
The company originally targeting today as the day when they would begin to resume operations.
Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
32:43
now volkswagen in germany has said that they want to cut 100 000 jobs so the fact that this dispute had so much support is also because it was no longer just about these particular jobs but also about a different vision for an ecological transition that is not used as an excuse to curtail working class rights but that expands sustainability and workers rights at the same time and this clearly was something that many people felt a need for.
Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
33:16
And this dispute is still ongoing, and now they're launching a cooperative to produce cargo bicycles and solar panels.
Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
33:23
So if you Google online XGKN Florence and the cooperative ZKN for Future, you can find more information about this.
Licia CianettiHOST
33:33
Thank you.
Licia CianettiHOST
33:34
And this is a very nice note to end on.
Amy KingPANELIST
15:03
Garden Grove residents are saying, uh, not so fast.
Amy KingPANELIST
15:07
Remember four months ago there was this toxic gas leak and they thought that maybe this storage container was going to explode at the GKN Aerospace Facility in Garden Grove?
AnnePANELIST
15:18
Oh, yeah.
Amy KingPANELIST
15:18
Over Memorial Day weekend, all those people, about 50,000 people had to evacuate from their homes.
Amy KingPANELIST
15:24
Well, now GKN is saying that it's planning a gradual return to operations.
Amy KingPANELIST
15:30
And some people in the area are saying, yeah, no, they want stronger oversight before operations can resume at the facility.
Amy KingPANELIST
15:38
GKN says that it's going to move forward and will be subject to all necessary permits and is working with relevant officials and experts to make sure they do things safely.
Neil SaavedraPANELIST
15:51
Listening to Amy this morning on Wake Up Call, I heard you doing an interview with a former FBI, head of the FBI, I think.

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