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Workers of Cochin Port went on strike on 30 November, 2010 for five days. The employees of the India Gateway Terminal in Cochin, owned by DP World, were demanding an increase in wages. The strike action paralysed the transportation of containers to and from the terminal, impacting Christmas and New Year shipments.  One container ship was diverted to New Mangalore Port as a result of the action.

On December 1, thousands of employees from about 200 universities across the country marched to parliament to press the government for hike in education funds. The rally was organised by the All India University Employees’ Confederation (AIUEC).

Members of All Manipur Hills Teachers’ Association (AMHTA) threatened to launch an indefinite hunger strike and a court arrest stir on December 3, in support of the cease work strike of the teachers launched 18 days earlier, under the banner of the Council of Teachers’ Association (COTA).

Teachers across the state of Andhra Pradesh were prevented by police road blocks from reaching demonstrations in Hyderabad, organised by the Joint Action Committee of Employees, Teachers, Workers and Pensioners (JAC). Thousands of strikers were detained by police but despite this there was a massive demonstration in Hyderabad.

Nearly 60,000 employees of Punjab’s power sector went on a two-day strike from December 8, after their talks with the state’s power corporations regarding pay and other benefits failed.

November 10 2010 witnessed tens of thousands of students marching through London in protest at plans to increase their tuition fees.

About 50,000 workers employed with 175 mini steel plants in Chhattisgarh face a threat to their jobs as the factory owners have announced plans to close their units amid rising prices of sponge iron used as raw material. This was announced by the President of the Chhattisgarh Mini Steel Plants Association. The Association is demanding a bail out package from the state government.

Thousands of workers of Karnataka from the "unorganised sector" of the economy — those not covered by the labour laws staged a protest march in Bangalore on November 24, 2010.

Denouncing the practice of contract labour, the workers demanded a hike in minimum wages, ration cards to all workers, and rice at Rs 2 a Kg to every family. 

On the eve of the Assembly session, unorganized sector workers held demonstrations all over Tamil Nadu to highlight their long standing demands.