"Norm Coleman says keep the secret ballot for union organizing elections," said the ad announcer.

"That's a hero," said the Soprano's character Johnny Sack. "I hate heroes."

The ad creates a distorted stereotype of the Mafia, and of labor unions as tools of organized crime. And it misrepresents legislation that would make it easier for workers to organize unions.

Here's what you NEED TO KNOW.

Since 1948 , employers have had the right to demand a secret ballot when workers want to organize a union. It's an election that's overseen by the National Labor Relations Board.

The bill in Congress adds another option to the secret ballot, allowing workers to sign-up publicly to start a union.

"Al Franken? Well, he sees it differently," said the ad announcer. "Franken says eliminate the secret ballot for workers."

"My pal Al," said Johnny Sack.

That's FALSE.

The bill that Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken supports does not eliminate the secret ballot election. Workers still have the right to hold one but labor unions say the new option gives employers less control.

IN FACT....

You can agree or disagree with the motive of the bill, but the effect is that it would make it easier to form a union. That's why labor unions want it so badly. Union membership is plummeting.

In 1983, 20 percent of America's workforce was unionized. In 2007, that number was down to 12 percent.

"Call Al Franken," said the ad announcer. "Tell him he's wrong to end worker privacy."

The REALITY...

While it seems as if the ad supports unions, it's actually produced by a coalition of national business groups called the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, who are lobbying to kill the bill.

That's Reality Check.