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or is a Latin phrase meaning "Work conquers all". The phrase is adapted from Virgil's Georgics, Book I, lines 145–6: ...Labor omnia vicit / improbus ("Steady work overcame all things"). The poem was written in support of Augustus Caesar's "Back to the land" policy, aimed at encouraging more Romans to become farmers.

Labor movement

A frequent motto within the U.S labor movement, the phrase is a historically significant slogan. Used by the earliest U.S labor unions such as the American Federation of Labor and other precursors to the modern AFL-CIO, the motto continues to be a traditional and defining statement of purpose on contemporary labor union emblems including the International Union of Operating Engineers and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. The motto also appears on the original 1925 flag of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the labor union of African-American Pullman Company porters founded by civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph. The College of Engineering, Guindy in Chennai, India and founded in the year 1794 has the phrase "" in its logo. This may be the earliest adoption of the phrase by any organization. The motto is used by the Geelong Trades Hall Council in Australia. It is also put up on the facade of the Kroch High-rise in Leipzig, Germany.

Cities, states, and recreation

The phrase is also a frequent motto across many townships, cities, and states. Currently the state motto of the State of Oklahoma and incorporated into its state seal in 1907, the slogan originally appeared on the territorial seal of Oklahoma Territory. In addition, it has been known to be the motto of the city of El Eulma, Algeria as shown on its coat of arms, of the towns and cities of Bradford, West Yorkshire, West Bromwich, and Ilkeston in England, the motto of Wrexham County Borough Council in Wales and the state motto of Zacatecas granted by King Phillip II in 1588 and the city of León, State of Guanajuato, Mexico, and in the city of Presidente Prudente, Brazil. It is also the motto of Ferraz de Vasconcelos, a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil, as well as the city of Polokwane, formerly known as Pietersburg in South Africa. It is the motto of Carlton Cricket Club in Barbados. It is also the motto of Kajang High School and St Jago High School (Jamaica), St Paul's Secondary School, Kabwe Zambia, as well as Mitchell High School in Durban, South Africa. It is a slogan of the football clubs Rasta IL in Norway and Luton Borough Youth in England. The phrase can be seen written in the golden letters on the so-called Kroch-Hochhaus in the center of German city Leipzig. It is also the motto of West Bromwich Albion FC and The Royal Marsden Hospital.

• In cinema this slogan was used in a landmark French picture "Le Voyage dans la lune" or "A Trip To The Moon" a silent film brought to life in 1902 by director Georges Méliès. This is a classic vision about a group of men venturing to the moon and back. The scene in which the slogan is depicted comes at the end when they return to earth. Celebrating the triumph, a statue is brought forth with a scholar pointing to the heavens with the word SCIENCE surrounded by olive branches on the base, above this states the term LABOR • OMNIA • VINCIT

Educational institutions

Many educational institutions have adopted the phrase as a motto, including:

Africa

  • Bhujoharry College (Boys), Port Louis, Mauritius

  • Flintstone Engineering, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  • Universidade A Politecnica, Maputo, Mozambique

  • Angola

  • Moçâmedes, est. 1840, Angola

  • South Africa

  • H. T. S. Loiue Botha, Bloemfontein, South Africa

  • High School Westonaria, Westonaria, Gauteng, South Africa

Mitchell High School, Durban, South Africa

  1. Ghana (West Africa)

  2. St. Augustine's College (Cape Coast), Ghana

  3. Kenya ( Eastern Africa)

  4. Menengai High School, Nakuru Kenya

  5. Mombasa Technical Training Institute, Mombasa Kenya

  6. Olkejuado High School, Kajiado Kenya

  7. Lesotho (Southern Africa)

  8. Mamathe High School, Teya-teyaneng, Berea, Lesotho

  9. Nigeria (West Africa)

  10. Offa Grammar School, Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria

  11. South Africa

  12. Robert Carruthers Primary School, Witbank, Mpumalanga, South Africa

  13. Tshepagalang High School Northwest [Brit]

  14. Zambia (Southern Africa)

  15. St Paul's Mulungushi Secondary School, Kabwe, Zambia, founded in 1960 by Marist Brothers.

Sierra Leone (West Africa)

  • St Helena A.M.E. Secondary school

Asia

Europe

  1. Finland

  2. Hämeenlinnan Lyseo, Hämeenlinna, Finland

  3. Iisalmen Lyseo, Iisalmi, Finland

  4. Romania

  5. Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania

  6. Nicolae Kretzulescu Superior Economic School (College), Bucharest, Romania

  7. Mihai Eminescu National College, Constanța, Romania

  8. Spain

  9. Academia Cots, Alicante, Spain

  10. Academia Cots, Barcelona, Spain

  11. Academia Cots, Lleida, Spain

  12. Academia Cots, Valencia, Spain

  13. , (UDIMA), Madrid, Spain

  14. United Kingdom

  15. Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, Altrincham, Greater Manchester

  16. Argyle House School, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear

  17. Barnardiston Hall Preparatory School, Nr Haverhill, Suffolk

  18. Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

  19. Collingwood School, Wallington, London Borough of Sutton, South London

  20. Elmfield College (1863–1932), Heworth, York

  21. Hamilton Academy, Hamilton, Lanarkshire

  22. Ilkeston Grammar School, Ilkeston, Derbyshire

  23. Kettlethorpe High School, Maths And Computing College, Wakefield, West Yorkshire.

  24. Midhurst Grammar School, Midhurst, West Sussex

  25. Northgate Grammar School for Girls, Ipswich 1931–1977

  26. Strathallan School, Forgandenny, Perthshire

  27. Strathaven Academy, Strathaven, Lanarkshire

  28. The Eastwood School, Leigh On sea, Essex

  29. Tredworth Junior School, Tredworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire

  30. Villiers High School, Southall, London Borough of Ealing, West London

  31. Ysgol Bro Gwaun, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire

Turkey

North America

  1. Canada

  2. Ashton College, Vancouver, BC

  3. Barrie Central Collegiate Institute, Barrie, Ontario

  4. Brockville Collegiate Institute, Brockville, Ontario

  5. Brooks Composite High School, Brooks, AB

  6. Elliot Lake Secondary School - ELSS, Elliot Lake, Ontario

  7. Gloucester High School, Ottawa, Ontario

  8. Hamiota Collegiate Institute, Hamiota, MB

  9. Hants East Rural High School, Milford, NS

  10. Hartland High School, Hartland, New Brunswick

  11. Huntsville High School, Huntsville, ON

  12. Liverpool Regional High School, Liverpool, Nova Scotia

  13. Naicam High School, Naicam, Saskatchewan

  14. Newmarket High School, Newmarket, Ontario

  15. North Toronto Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario

  16. Paris District High School, Paris, Ontario

  17. Queen Elizabeth Junior and Senior High School (Calgary), Alberta

  18. Rosemount High School, Montreal, Quebec

  19. Saugeen District Secondary School, Port Elgin, Ontario

  20. St. Catharines Collegiate, Ontario

  21. St. John's School, St. Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec

  22. Whitehorse High School, Whitehorse, Yukon (closed in 1962)

  23. W.L. Seaton Secondary School, Vernon, BC

  24. Caribbean and Central America

  25. Bahamas Baptist Community College, Nassau, Bahamas

  26. Escuela Agrìcola Panamericana Zamorano, Honduras

  27. Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural School

  28. Merl Grove High School Kingston, Jamaica

  29. Rusea's High School, Lucea, Jamaica

  30. Saltus Grammar School, Pembroke, Bermuda

  31. San Juan Senior Comprehensive, Trinidad

  32. St. Jago High School, Spanish Town, Jamaica

  33. The Convent High School, Roseau, Commonwealth of Dominica

  34. Zeta Mu Gamma Fraternity, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

  35. Fajardo Academy, Fajardo, Puerto Rico

  36. Mexico

  37. Benemérita Escuela Normal Federalizada de Tamaulipas (BENFT), Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas

  38. Instituto Salvatierra, A.C., Mexicali, Baja California

  39. United States

  40. Alpha Phi Tau Fraternity, Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio

  41. Beverly High School Lacrosse Team, Beverly, Massachusetts

  42. Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana

  43. Columbia City High School, Columbia City, Indiana

  44. Fessenden School, West Newton, Massachusetts

  45. Gardner High School, Gardner, Massachusetts

  46. Loudon High School, Loudon, Tennessee

  47. Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Brighton, Massachusetts

  48. Peter Donahue Mechanics Monument, San Francisco, California

  49. The Potomac School, McLean, Virginia

  50. Prosser Career Academy, Chicago, Illinois

  51. Puyallup High School, Puyallup, Washington

  52. Storer College, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia (closed in 1965)

  53. Sumter High School, Sumter, South Carolina

Oceania

South America

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