James Charles Gordon (died 5 April 1929) was a British trade union leader and socialist activist.
Born in Lambeth, Gordon completed an apprenticeship as a sheet metal worker with Pender & Baker, and then joined the East London Society of Tin and Iron Plate Workers.
As a result, in 1895, he was elected as president of this loose federation, and he also served as the part-time organiser of the federation's London district, proving highly successful at recruitment.
[1][2] In 1920, Gordon persuaded the federation's various affiliates to merge with the General Union of Tinplate Workers, and form the more centralised National Union of Sheet Metal Workers and Braziers.
[1][2] Gordon was a member of the Social Democratic Federation for many years, and he also served on the executive of the London Trades Council, working in both organisations with Harry Quelch and Fred Knee.