David Arthur Charles Lambert (2 September 1933 – 19 May 2023) was a British textile and garment workers' trade union leader.
On leaving school, he found work making hosiery for a large company, and joined the National Union of Hosiery and Knitwear Workers (NUHKW).
[1] In 1988, his description of the closure of the apparently viable Mansfield Knitwear Company -as like amputating the torso of the industry at a stroke- was referenced by Alan Meale in an adjournment debate where he criticised the dumping of cheap knitwear in the UK.
[2] In 1992, he also became the president of the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation, retiring in 1996.
[1] Lambert was elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress in 1984 and served for ten years.