"Don't let union bosses eliminate your right to privacy!" warns an ad from the Center for Union Facts [3], one of many front groups [4] associated with lobbyist Rick Berman [5]. With the U.S. Senate deliberating over a bill [6] that "would give employees at a workplace the right to unionize as soon as a majority signed cards saying they wanted to do so," Berman & Co. [7] are busy. The Center for Union Facts has spent "$500,000 on newspaper and broadcast advertisements [8] this week alone," reports the New York Times. The House has already passed the bill, but not by enough votes to override a presidential veto. In the Senate, "Republicans and their business allies are predicting that they can prevent even an up-or-down vote on the measure." Like the Center for Union Facts, many Republicans are saying that "majority sign-up is less fair than secret-ballot elections," and warning that labor organizers will intimidate "workers into signing pro-union cards."