Astroworld Promoters May Withhold Payment From Part-Time Employees Unless They Agree Not to Sue
Ethan Shanfeld Part-time employees who worked at Travis Scott’s deadly Astroworld Festival may not get paid unless they relinquish the right to sue promoters Live Nation and Scoremore.In an email obtained by Rolling Stone, a manager representing the promoters suggested to a group of workers that they would not receive their paychecks unless they signed an amended employment contract that released Live Nation and Scoremore from any liability.The part-time employees, who were paid $7.50 per hour to perform tasks like screening wristbands, signed an original contract before Astroworld started. But in the email, sent Nov.