Clear News | Tuesday 19.5.2026

Construction industry. Productivity. Traditional shoemaker. Weather forecast.

Utilization in the construction industry

First, news about abuses in the construction industry.

Workers have been exploited at a construction site run by the City of Helsinki.

Many foreign workers have not been paid their full salaries.

There were over 100 companies operating on the site, which made it difficult to spot problems.

The construction site is a large renovation site in Pasila, Helsinki.

The City of Helsinki is now investigating the situation. Two companies have already been removed from the construction site.

Workers have been exploited at a construction site run by the City of Helsinki.

Toni Malmström, a senior expert at the Finnish Construction Federation, says that the problems are common.

Almost 50 percent of construction sites have problems with wages and working conditions.

(Toni Malmström) “It’s hugely common and really difficult, it’s hidden along subcontracting chains. It’s really difficult to tackle it.”

Now for some news about work productivity.

Labor productivity has not increased in Finland for almost 20 years.

Employee skills become outdated quickly.

This is what the survey by the Productivity Association shows.

Teemu Hassinen, CEO of the Finnish Productivity Association, criticizes the government for ending adult education support.

The support helped employees learn new things and improved the Finnish economy.

Labor productivity has not increased in Finland for almost 20 years.

Hassinen says that Finland needs education and hardworking employees.

Finally, news about the art shoemaker.

Shoemaker Hanna Piipponen combines art and craftsmanship.

Piipponen makes traditional shoes in Tuupovaara in Eastern Finland.

The shoes have traditional pointed toes, but Piipponen innovates the shoes. He decorates them with woodcut patterns, for example.

Piipponen says he has a dream job.

Piipponen’s shoes are known abroad.

They are purchased, for example, in Canada and Australia.

An American director is also making a film about Piipponen.

Shoemaker Hanna Piipponen turns traditional shoes into art.

Piipponen’s shoes will be exhibited in Tampere and Joensuu this summer.

Still a weather forecast.

The weather will be changeable on Wednesday.

It’s raining and thundering in the north, but it’s drier elsewhere.

It is hot in the east, meaning the temperature is above 25 degrees.

It’s cooler elsewhere.