Workers at the bankrupt Global Sticks plant outside Thunder Bay are worried about their paycheques.

On Tuesday afternoon, employees met for the first time with the company's receiver, Grant Thornton, at the idled plant in Oliver Paipoonge.

Displaced Global Sticks worker Shamara Fields holds up some of the paperwork she has been asked by the company's receiver to sign. (Jen Keiller/CBC)

About 50 workers attended the meeting and learned the company has a "deficiency" of more than $14 million.

Now many are left feeling frustrated they haven't received their last paycheque.

“There was a lot of maybes, and like, ‘this might happen,’ and a lot of telling us to fill out that form,” said Shamara Fields, a worker who attended the meeting.

“And he's like, ‘if you want to read it that's OK, but if you take it home that's going to take longer.’ So that made me feel weird … like I wasn't allowed to read it."

Officials told workers they should get their paycheques and termination pay in the next six to eight weeks.

Fields was told she's owed more than $5,600 — but no one will get more than $3,200.

"So [there] are a lot of people that've worked here for … a year and I'm getting paid as much as [they are] — and I've only worked here for … two months."

One of those people is Tony Lacaria. He has worked at Global Sticks for more than a year.

"I'm kind of pissed off but the firm, the insurance, they're doing a good job and hopefully we're going get this money coming to us as soon as possible,” he said.

Global Sticks employee Tony Lacaria says he feels sorry for the now-bankrupt company's younger workers. (Jen Keiller/CBC)

“We're all suffering."

Lacaria said he remains hopeful the plant will find new life.

"I'm at the stage where I only have a few years to go because [I’m] retiring,” Lacaria said. “I feel sorry for the young kids that … put a big effort to come here and help the company and we didn't get anything back."

If the company restarted, Lacaria said he would come back to his old job.

Representatives from Grant Thornton declined comment.