PICKERING, ON, April 1 /CNW/ - Wood Wyant's slogan "Sanitation for the Nation" does not extend to its employees in Pickering Ontario," says the union representing striking workers. "The company is playing dirty with its workforce and putting lives at risk," says Local President Ken Cole. Approximately 120 members of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union, Local 333-15, went on strike March 2 following a demand that workers pay $230.00 per month back to the company for their hard-earned benefits. "The dispute is not over wage increases even though the company has offered no wage increase for 3 years and a pitiful wage increase in the fourth year," says Cole. In addition, Cole says that since the picket line went up, the non-union workers are doing jobs they are not trained to do causing both injuries to people and damage to the building and products. "CEP has been told that non-union employees are working 12-hour days and on weekends. They are working as Towmotor Operators, without proper licences and or certifications and with no training. That means they are handling propane without the proper training and necessary certification to do so. An accident could result in disaster, not only for the workers, but for the community as well. "Already, one office worker has collapsed. The company just put her into a chair and let her sit until the security firm hired to guard the building against the employees told management to call an ambulance. There was a huge delay in the arrival of the ambulance as the directions given were incorrect. The strikers saw the ambulance arrive to the wrong destination and immediately directed the driver to the correct location." This is the first time in history that there has been a strike at Wood Wyant, which manufactures sanitation products, and is now owned by the giant Cascades Corporation.