Workers set to reclaim millions in lost pay

THOUSANDS of past and present employees of construction giant Gama are set to reclaim millions in lost wages after previously unknown accounts were yesterday discovered in Holland.

The accounts - amounting to a possible €40 million in workers’ money - were first set up in Dutch-based Finansbank in 2002 by Gama, the firm accused by Socialist Party leader Joe Higgins of stealing millions through underpaying migrant workers.

Although Gama claims all workers signed documents authorising the creation of the accounts, employees insist they were only shown forms in English which they did not understand.