Queensland teachers prepares to strike if Newman Government keeps in key parts of Great Teachers = Great Results plan Queensland teachers are threatening a 24 hour strike, claiming they've been left out of the loop on state government changes to their contracts A 24-HOUR teacher strike affecting more than 500,000 students is set to go ahead with just five days notice if the State Government implements key parts of its Great Teachers = Great Results plan. Industrial action will only happen if the Government moves to implement teacher appraisals without union negotiation, hire principals and deputy principals on fixed-term contracts or provide teacher-performance pay bonuses under Great Teachers = Great Results. The Government maintains the initiatives will go ahead. RELATED: Teachers threaten to strike WIN: State Government's education deal with feds Increasing or negating class size targets could also trigger a strike. State school teachers have also voted to take lesser industrial action if the union chooses, including two-hour work stoppages. Would a strike be justified? Tell us what you think below. Queensland Teachers' Union president Kevin Bates said parents and the Government would be given the minimum notice of five days before any action. He said the fixed-term contracts were unacceptable and outside the current certified agreement, while the Government says it will make senior staff accountable. The union has also campaigned against teacher performance bonuses, arguing for experienced or senior teachers with demonstrated expertise to achieve a higher salary instead. "These reforms, as the Government refers to them, stand to unravel the entire education system; that's how serious this is," Mr Bates said. What they stand to do is to pit teacher against teacher. This is too important an issue for teachers just to stand by and allow it to happen given that we know what the interstate and international experience is. Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek said his Government had a relentless focus on delivering better student outcomes and threatened strike action would not stand in the way. "It's extremely disappointing that the Queensland Teachers' Union wants to upset student learning and inconvenience parents just to make a political point," he said. Great Teachers = Great Results is about boosting teacher quality, increasing school autonomy and improving student discipline. Through this initiative we'll be putting an extra $50million into the pockets of teachers as well as offering scholarships for masters degrees. About 70 per cent of QTU state school teachers voted in the ballot allowing for industrial action, with more than 90 per cent voting in favour of it.