John Golden (1863 – June 9, 1921) was an American textile worker and trade union leader.

He was elected president of the United Textile Workers of America (UTW) each year from 1902 until shortly before his death in 1921.

[1] Originally from Lancashire, England, he began working as a boy as a mule spinner in the city's cotton mills.

He settled in the textile hub of Fall River, Massachusetts and was eventually elected treasurer of the National Mule Spinners' Organization of the United States and Canada.

During his time as president, the UTW largely ignored textile workers who were not skilled white men, as was common in unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor.