Thousands of film and television writers in the US are about to move on strikecausing disturbance to Hollywoodas the entertainment industry grapples with the seismic changes resulting from the global boom in streaming services.

The Screenwriters Guild of America (WGA) has called its first strike in 15 years, starting today, after failing to reach an agreement on higher pay from studios including Walt Disney and Netflix. His last strike lasted 100 days and cost the California economy more than $2 billion.

The companies’ behavior has created an economy of casual employment on online platforms, the WGA said in a statement on its website.

The WGA has over 20,000 members and with their strike, the production of many television series is stopped and the start of their new cycles will probably be delayed. “Although we negotiated with the intent of a fair deal … the studios’ responses to our proposals have been wholly inadequate given the existential crisis facing screenwriters,” union leadership said. “They’ve closed the door on the workforce and opened the door on screenwriting as a completely free profession. No such agreement could ever be considered by someone who has membership,” he noted.

The two sides’ main points of contention are “mandatory recruitment” and “tenure of employment,” according to CNN.