Brazil Indigenous agency staff strike over Bruno Pereira disappearance

Employees walk off the job amid anger over statements criticising the former Funai employee who went missing with Dom Phillips

Employees with Brazil's national Indigenous foundation (Funai) have launched a one-day strike, amid anger over what they say is the dismantling of a key government agency and official statements criticising Bruno Pereira, the former Funai employee who went missing along with the British journalist Dom Phillips last week.

Funai staff and related civil service employees walked off the job at 9am on Tuesday in Brasilia, Florianopolis and Dourados, and others are voting on whether to launch a wider strike next week, officials with the unions said.