Jerry Hicks is a British trade unionist. He was the convenor of the Amicus union at Rolls Royce

Rolls-Royce plc

Rolls-Royce Group plc is a global power systems company headquartered in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s second-largest maker of aircraft engines , and also has major businesses in the marine propulsion and energy sectors. Through its defence-related activities...

 in Bristol, and was dismissed in 2005. An employment tribunal found that he had "probably been dismissed on trade union grounds".
In 2009, he stood as General Secretary of Amicus

Amicus

Amicus was the United Kingdom's second-largest trade union, and the largest private sector union, formed by the merger of Manufacturing Science and Finance, the AEEU agreed in 2001, and two smaller unions, UNIFI and the GPMU...

, winning 40,000 votes to the Derek Simpson

Derek Simpson

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's 60,000. He is currently standing for election as the Joint General Secretary of Unite the Union

Unite the Union

Unite – the Union, known as Unite, is a British and Irish trade union, formed on 1 May 2007, by the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union...

, which was formed in 2007 from the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union.

Hicks is standing in the 2010 election for the general secretary of Unite the Union and has made a number of election pledges, including the fact that he would only take the wage of an average skilled worker.

Hicks is a member of the Respect Party and of its National Council. He was a candidate for election to Bristol Council in May 2009.