Thats how you get things of value you fight for it.

There are a lot of labor queens here today, Stiehm told Deadline.

Im very proud of genre writers who are women because they forged a path that was difficult for them.

Hollywood strikes L.A. Fox picket line

Meredith Stiehm, Ron Perlman and Frances FisherGetty

It was not necessarily an open door, and they persevered and they got what they wanted and succeeded.

But its going to be worth the fight.

Look at these power women of the labor movement.

WGA West building in Hollywood

Were talking genre queens; were talking L.A. and California AFL-CIO.

I know weve got a bargaining committee full of powerful women and men.

And thats what I see out here today.

You are not alone.

You have 13 million working people across this country that have your back.

You are capturing the imagination of the entire country of the world.

It is just getting stronger and stronger.

And as we rise, we are inspiring other workers to rise up for fair wages and working conditions.

They are refusing to even acknowledge what we bring to the table.

Blasting the pay of studio CEOs, Belafonte said: One man is making $106,000 a day.

Another is making $126,000 a day.

And another one is making $139,000 a day.

To which one of the picketers shouted, Greedy!