Eagle Cooling employee Brent Festge takes pride in the semi-skilled, blue-collar job he loathes, the 39-year-old solderer reported during his lunch break Tuesday. “I’m real proud to be doing something you don’t see in America much anymore: spot welding. I work for one of the biggest union-run AC parts shops anywhere,” said Festge, and beat the side of the breakroom vending machine to dislodge a bag of Corn Nuts. “It’s honest work, and I can go home every night knowing that management can’t just replace me with a machine, or a Mexican.” “Goddamn it!” Festge said, shaking the unyielding vending machine. “Every single goddamn day…” For eight years, Festge has worked at Eagle Cooling, which produces air-conditioner parts for Daimler Chrysler and employs 460 full-time workers. A member of United Auto Workers Local #568, Festge makes nearly $40,000 a year, receives medical and dental benefits, and qualifies for a retirement pension after 20 years with the company. However, as he goes abou...