Unionized workers of Hyundai Heavy Industries are planning to stage a protest in Switzerland next month when the company’s largest shareholder Chung Mong-joon attends the FIFA presidential election as a candidate.

The union said it will appoint three union executives on Monday to be dispatched to Zurich from Oct. 18 to 24 to throw a wrench in Chung’s election campaign.

The protest is seen as a pressure tactic by the union pushing for its demand of 127,560 won ($108.77) increase in the monthly base pay. It has also demanded doubling the special wage for living in rural areas and abolishment of the performance-based pay system.

“We expect a lot of criticism (for tarnishing the company image), but we’re that desperate (to change the wage system),” a union member told media on Monday. (monicasuk@heraldcorp.com)