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That was the sound outside San Francisco hotels for eight weeks, but no longer.

On Saturday, the San Francisco hotel worker lockout ended and today more than 4,000 employees are returning to work.

Valerie Lapin is a spokesperson with UNITE-HERE Local 2.

[Lapin1] "There's an agreement between the multi-employer group and and UNITE-HERE Local 2 to a cooling-off period during which time we'll continue to negotiate a contract. The employers have agreed not to lock-out the workers during that time and Local 2 will not go on strike."

Negotiations will continue over medical benefits, pension contributions, wages and contract length.