Wilko bosses, including former owner Lisa Wilkinson, will be called in front of a parliamentary committee following the chain’s collapse in August.
Company chiefs will be grilled by MPs on the business and trade select committee on November 28.
The discount retailer’s demise meant more than 10,000 people were made redundant.
Bosses also gave themselves and shareholders £77m in dividends over the past decade.
The GMB union said the Wilkinson family has not yet answered questions about the business’ collapse.
GMB will be giving evidence to the committee next week and earlier this month it wrote to committee chair Liam Byrne MP asking him to “hold Wilko to account”.
GMB national officer Nadine Houghton said: “It’s only right Wilko bosses should be forced to explain themselves to MPs.
“They ignored all warnings about their company’s financial future – lining their own pockets and dishing out millions to shareholders before leaving 10,000 people jobless.
“Wilko workers deserve answers from the company that crushed their livelihoods, while UK taxpayers will want to know why they’ve had to pay millions in redundancy payments.
“Hopefully, the select committee will get those answers.”
Retail Week has approached Wilko for comment.
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