Cosquín Rock: the Complicit Silence of the Artists in the Face of Mistreatment of Workers

Cosquín Rock 2025 became a stage where the artists present used their influence to deliberately attack President Javier Milei, but maintained a complicit silence regarding the serious abuses suffered by the event workers.

While the musicians focused on talking about politics, hundreds of employees reported deplorable working conditions, lack of safety measures, and a chaotic organization that endangered their health.

According to information obtained after the event, the workers reported being hired by consulting firms like "Salespower S.A.", "Nexo Group", and "Consultores de Empresas" under precarious contracts and with exhausting workdays. According to one worker, his shift started on February 15 at 8 AM and extended until 3 AM the next day, without adequate breaks or decent working conditions.

One of the most compelling testimonies reveals that the workers were left in the rain for hours without job assignments, and that security was nonexistent: "We had an incident with a gas cylinder that could have exploded along with all the people at the service and kitchen bar. There was no emergency exit, just one exit door with posts 12 inches apart". Panic took over the employees, but instead of receiving help, many were threatened with not being paid if they didn't return to their posts.

Adding to this was the outrageous lack of provisions: "Most of us didn't receive any food or drink until almost 6:30 PM because everyone distanced themselves from us".

With only two portable toilets for a hundred people and no access to drinking water, the situation became inhumane. To top it off, the buses that were supposed to take the workers back to Córdoba never showed up at the scheduled time, and the employees ended up returning only between 5 and 6 in the morning.

Selective Silence

Despite the magnitude of the problem, none of the artists who proclaim themselves "defenders of the people" spoke out about these abuses. While the workers suffered outrages, the musicians on stage used their time to attack the Government of Javier Milei.

In an act of political opportunism, they took advantage of the event to criticize the president, but deliberately ignored the hardships of those who supported the festival with their effort.

It is paradoxical that those who talk about social justice and labor rights remained in absolute silence in the face of the complaints. Their omission shows that their speeches are empty of real commitment and respond more to an ideological agenda than to a genuine concern for the people.

Beyond the political criticism and the hypocrisy of the artists, Cosquín Rock 2024 was also marred by a disastrous organization. From the start, the lack of logistics was evident with endless delays, security failures, and problems accessing the venue. The crowd trying to exit through the narrow "emergency door" of 12 inches was a symbol of the organizational negligence.

Far from being a celebration of rock, the festival ended up being a showcase of labor precariousness and a platform for biased political speeches. Meanwhile, the real victims, the exploited and mistreated workers, were left invisible.

The artists who fill their mouths talking about human rights and social justice showed that when injustice doesn't fit their narrative, they prefer to look the other way.