The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce has pulled out of a lawsuit challenging the new minimum wage ordinance in Minneapolis. Chamber officials say the court’s initial decision “created obstacles” to their legal challenge, although they still believe a correct legal reading would conclude the ordinance conflicts with Minnesota law. They say employers competing for workers is the best way to sustainable wage growth — not creating “islands of artificially mandated wages that lead employers to cut workers’ shifts and automate their positions.” Backers of the minimum wage ordinance argue workers need a living wage.