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Oct 13, 2026
Rebuilding Roadblocks, a $125 Million Toxic Settlement & Strikes Shake SoCal!
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11:38Michael MonksHOST
They sure are.
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11:38Chris MerrillHOST
Orange County prosecutors have reached a tentative $125 million settlement with GKN Aerospace.
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11:47Chris MerrillHOST
You remember back in May, there was a chemical emergency there.
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11:51Chris MerrillHOST
Well, this was Memorial Day weekend, I believe.
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12:42Chris MerrillHOST
I mean, yeah.
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12:43Michael MonksHOST
Yeah.
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12:44Michael MonksHOST
Well, the thing you need to know, beyond getting a check possibly, is that the plant, GKN, they're not going anywhere.
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12:51Michael MonksHOST
So they're paying this hefty, hefty sum, and they get to stay open.
Handel on the News
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21:49Amy KingPANELIST
Uh, speaking of millions, this company's gonna hand over more than 100 million to make it right.
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21:56Amy KingPANELIST
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.
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22:22Amy KingPANELIST
$125 million settlement has been agreed to with Orange County prosecutors.
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22:28Bill HandelHOST
Yeah.
Materials Made for the Extreme: Inside Aerospace Research at LiU
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3:33Rana ElsayedGUEST
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.
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3:46Rana ElsayedGUEST
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.
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4:05Rana ElsayedGUEST
So both of them hired me, and I'm mainly taking salary because here as a PhD you take a salary.
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4:12Rana ElsayedGUEST
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
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12:40Nike JohanssonHOST
It just tickles my brain.
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12:41Nike JohanssonHOST
[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?
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13:02Rana ElsayedGUEST
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...
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13:22Rana ElsayedGUEST
I have received all the samples.
Do We Really Need To Choose Between Jobs and the Environment?
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30:36Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
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.
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30:57Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
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.
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31:16Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
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.
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31:26Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
And they were producing, uh, car axles for luxury cars, so not your typical dream job basically.
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33:11Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
And this clearly was something that many people felt a need for.
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33:16Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
And, um, this, uh, dispute is still ongoing, and now they're launching a cooperative to produce cargo bicycle and solar panels.
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33:23Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
So if you Google online, um, ex GKN Florence and the cooperative ZKN for Future, you can find more information about this.
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33:33Licia CianettiHOST
Thank you.
Do We Really Need To Choose Between Jobs and the Environment?
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32:43Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
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.
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33:16Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
And this dispute is still ongoing, and now they're launching a cooperative to produce cargo bicycles and solar panels.
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33:23Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
So if you Google online XGKN Florence and the cooperative ZKN for Future, you can find more information about this.
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33:33Licia CianettiHOST
Thank you.
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33:34Licia CianettiHOST
And this is a very nice note to end on.
Do We Really Need To Choose Between Jobs and the Environment?
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32:43Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
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.
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33:16Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
And this dispute is still ongoing, and now they're launching a cooperative to produce cargo bicycles and solar panels.
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33:23Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
So if you Google online XGKN Florence and the cooperative ZKN for Future, you can find more information about this.
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33:33Licia CianettiHOST
Thank you.
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33:34Licia CianettiHOST
And this is a very nice note to end on.
Do We Really Need To Choose Between Jobs and the Environment?
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32:43Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
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.
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33:16Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
And this dispute is still ongoing, and now they're launching a cooperative to produce cargo bicycles and solar panels.
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33:23Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
So if you Google online XGKN Florence and the cooperative ZKN for Future, you can find more information about this.
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33:33Licia CianettiHOST
Thank you.
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33:34Licia CianettiHOST
And this is a very nice note to end on.
Eyewitness News at 4pm - September 28, 2026
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13:04speaker_14SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm asking everybody to hold this company accountable.
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13:08Rob McMillanCORRESPONDENT
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.
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13:28speaker_16SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They can't just throw money around and expect residents to look the other way.
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13:32speaker_16SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
People are not for sale.
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13:34speaker_17SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
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?
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13:48Rob McMillanCORRESPONDENT
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.
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14:04Rob McMillanCORRESPONDENT
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.
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14:13Rob McMillanCORRESPONDENT
The company originally targeting today as the day when they would begin to resume operations.
Do We Really Need To Choose Between Jobs and the Environment?
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32:43Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
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.
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33:16Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
And this dispute is still ongoing, and now they're launching a cooperative to produce cargo bicycles and solar panels.
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33:23Lorenzo FeltrinGUEST
So if you Google online XGKN Florence and the cooperative ZKN for Future, you can find more information about this.
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33:33Licia CianettiHOST
Thank you.
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33:34Licia CianettiHOST
And this is a very nice note to end on.
Handel on the News
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15:03Amy KingPANELIST
Garden Grove residents are saying, uh, not so fast.
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15:07Amy KingPANELIST
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?
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15:18AnnePANELIST
Oh, yeah.
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15:18Amy KingPANELIST
Over Memorial Day weekend, all those people, about 50,000 people had to evacuate from their homes.
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15:24Amy KingPANELIST
Well, now GKN is saying that it's planning a gradual return to operations.
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15:30Amy KingPANELIST
And some people in the area are saying, yeah, no, they want stronger oversight before operations can resume at the facility.
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15:38Amy KingPANELIST
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.
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15:51Neil SaavedraPANELIST
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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