LATHER'S LOCAL 9053
Philadelphia, PA

The Official Emblem of the United Brotherhood of Carpenter's and
Joiners of America was adopted at the Fourth General Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, August 1884.  The emblem was originally designed by the old National Union of Carpenter's, which was organized in September 1864.  The motto inscribed there in, "Labor Omnia Vincit", translated from Latin means, ' LABOR CONQUERS ALL THINGS'.  The other
elements of design, such as the rule and compass, have the following meanings:

THE RULE:  signifying the desire of the organization to live by the Golden Rule...'do unto others as we would wish others to do unto us'.

THE COMPASS:  indicating that we shall endeavor to surround our
members with better conditions; socially, morally, and intellectually.

THE JACK PLANE:  a tool emblematic of the trade.

THE COLORS:  pale blue,  signifying ideas as pure, clean, and lofty as the skies; while dark red denotes that 'labor is honorable', as that through
honorable labor red blood flows through the veins of those who toil.

THE SHIELD OR BASE OF THE EMBLEM:  indicating that those legally wearing the emblem are morally bound to safeguard and protect the interests of the organization and its members.


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