Charles H. Ford (29 November 1923 – 12 March 2000) was a British trade union leader.
Born in Hackney, Ford studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts.
He also joined the Labour Party, and stood unsuccessfully for it at the 1951 UK general election in Wimbledon, and then at the 1955 UK general election in Bournemouth West, without success.
[1] In 1957, Ford moved to Paris to work for the trade union liaison council for the Marshall Plan, which he helped transform into the Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC).
In 1971, he moved to become general secretary of the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation, in which role he helped build unions around the world, and doubled the federation's membership.