MADISON, Wis. -- Striking Goodyear workers are warning the public to watch what type of tire they put on their vehicle in the coming months.

"These tires aren't being built by professionals that know what they're doing," said striking worker Tom Angell. "They're just people they've pulled out of temporary agencies. People that have basically never built tires before in their life."

Workers said that a similar situation occurred in the past. They pointed to a Princeton University study after a Firestone strike six years ago. The study linked labor strife at Firestone to the defective tires.

When replacements built the tires six years ago, rollover accidents led to the recall of 14 million tires, WISC-TV reported.

"It may not, and let's hope to God, it don't," said worker Ron Christopherson. "But it's a situation that has happened once before at Firestone unfortunately."

"Frankly, they're putting our jobs and their company at risk by selling these tires," said Angell.

"I don't want to see bad tires get out, whether it's from Goodyear, Firestone, Michelin, it don't matter," said Christopherson.

Goodyear officials defend their tires. A statement from the company to WISC-TV read, "Our longstanding systems and procedures ensure that every Goodyear tire meets our quality standards."

For proof, Goodyear points to the last three Nextel Winston Cup races. The Goodyear tires used were built by temporary workers and stayed strong during the race, WISC-TV reported.

Angell said that doesn't change his mind.

"The public really needs to evaluate the risk and I don't know if they want to do that at the hands of their families."