Babu Mathew unanimously elected as Karnataka president of AITUCMathew is a visiting professor at the National Law School of India University with experience in practical trade unionism, too. 
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Bengaluru: Labour law expert Babu Mathew has been unanimously elected as the Karnataka president of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC).
Mathew is a visiting professor at the National Law School of India University with experience in practical trade unionism, too. AITUC is associated with the Communist Party of India (CPI).
“A strong advocate of the rights of the working class, Prof Babu Mathew actively participated in workers’ struggles as an AITUC leader in the 1970s and 80s,” the AITUC said in a statement.
Mathew replaces veteran trade unionist Ananth Subba Rao.