The electric company was threatening to shut his power off.
The company has threatened to cease operations and fire its 7,700-person work force.
The company threatened to take the agency to court over the cancellation of its insurance.
Most companies facing strikes still do not threaten to use replacement workers for a simple reason.
The company has threatened to move some operations out of state.
The company threatened to leave the state three years ago after complaining about excessive regulation.
Both companies had threatened to move at least some employees out of New York.
But he's wrong when he says that Napster and companies like it are threatening "the future of music itself."
The company even threatened to shut down its stores if it could not work out a deal with the union.
He added that in his view the companies did not threaten national sovereignty.